Wawel Cathedral (Katedra Wawelska) Krakow

Wawel 15, Wawel Castle Krakow , Southern Poland, Poland - Phone: 48 12 422 51 55
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    Trip to Central Europe - Krakow and Auschwitz

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    ... there stands a Wawel Castle with a large beautiful garden outside and a big open plaza in the middle of the castle itself. Wawel Cathedral is also quite large but is so crammed with stuff, including the tombs of over 100 Polish kings and queens, that ...

  • 2

    Running out of Old Towns

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    ... Even after the capital was moved to Warsaw, Polish royalty continued to be crowned and buried at the Wawel Cathedral. Disorientated We arrived in Krakow bus station off a stuffy and uncomfortable bus from Warsaw. It was just after 4:15am. Thanks ...

  • 3

    Walking the Jewish Trails

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    ... when the Hapsburgs took over, their military needed marching ground so they ended up tearing down the churches. Behind the Wawel Cathedral, there is a courtyard where the most one of the most powerful energy source, namely chakra is located. According ...

  • 4

    Wawel Castle (pronounce the W's as V's)

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    ... ..The second time was on Saturday, April 24. The hill has two major buildings situated next door to each other: Wawel Cathedral, which is where Poland's kings are buried, and Wawel Castle. The hill isn't very high; it takes about five minutes to walk up ...

  • 5

    Picture Perfect Poland

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    ... polish kings and is now home to the Polish Crown Jewels and National Museum.  The walled fortress also contains the Wawel Cathedral where the Polish Monarchs received their coronations and many kings, saints and famous people are buried.  The ...

  • 6

    Krakow

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    ... pews. We then walked all the way up to the Wawel Castle Grounds, on Wawel Hill. It’s a castle with Poland’s national church, Wawel Cathedral (like the Westminster Abbey of London, England because it has royal tombs and crypts). It also has an ...

  • 7

    Midnight train to Krakow

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    ... knight armor, old guns, spears, cannons, swords and every other weapon that popular during the Middle Ages. Next we stopped by the Wawel Cathedral, this church was the church that Pope John Paul the II was bishop of before he became the pope. I decided ...

  • 8

    Krakow, Poland

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    ... the Main Market Square with St. Mary's Basilica and Sukiennice Cloth Hall, Wawel Castle with National Art Collection, Wawel Cathedral with Zygmunt Bell, and medieval Florian Gate with Barbican along the Royal Coronation Route. Kraków is one of ...

  • 9

    A Wawel of a time.....(yeah, sorry)

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    ... for our last full day in Krakow, the Sun disappeared and the real Polish Autumn came out.  Cold and rainy, we went around the Wawel Cathedral, then found the Wawel Chakra.  It's a little known fact, but: "Hindus believe the chakra is part of a ...

  • 10

    Goodbye Poland (For Now Anyway)

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    ... mixture of Roman, Renaissance and Gothic dating from the 14th century.  Unfortunately we were too late to get into the Wawel Cathedral and the Castle – we will do these on our return to Krakow.  We did wander around the courtyard ...