Wawel Castle
Kraków · founded 1001
The Wawel Royal Castle and the Wawel Hill on which it sits constitute the most historically and culturally significant site in Poland. A fortified residency on the Vistula River in Kraków, it was established on the orders of King Casimir III the Great and enlarged over the centuries into a number of structures around a Polish Renaissance courtyard. It represents nearly all European architectural styles of the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods.
- Visitors a year
- 3.1MVisitors a year
- Founded
- 1001Founded
What to see
Jupiter, Mercury and Virtue
Dosso Dossi, 1523.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Christ blessing the children
Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1537.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Portrait of Stanisław Tęczyński.
Tommaso Dolabella, 1633.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Woman washing textiles in a tub
Gabriel Metsu, 1656.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Black Crucifix of Queen Jadwiga
1400.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Portrait of Queen Constance of Austria.
Peter Danckerts de Rij, 1650.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Plan your visit
Hours
Published on the museum’s own site. Confirm on wawel.krakow.pl before you travel.
Getting there
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On their own site
Opening hours, tickets and current exhibitions are on the museum’s own site.
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