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Wawel

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.

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Zamek Wawel
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Krypta św. Leonarda
St. Leonard's Crypt under the Wawel Cathedral in Kraków, Poland, is a Romanesque crypt founded in the 11th century (around 1038–1039) by Casimir I the Restorer who made Kraków his royal residence as the capital. At the end of the 11th century construction work began on the cathedral called ‘Hermanowska’.
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Krypta Wieszczów Narodowych na Wawelu
National Bards crypt is a crypt located in the basements of the Wawel Cathedral on Wawel Hill. It serves as the burial place for Adam Mickiewicz and Juliusz Słowacki, two prominent poets of the Romantic era whose works have become an essential part of Polish culture. Both were recognized as spiritual leaders of the nation during its period of captivity, worthy of resting in the necropolis of former Polish rulers.
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Wieża Zygmuntowska
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