Name: Wawel Castle
Address: Wawel 5, Krakow, 31-001
Telephone: +48 12 422 51 55
Rating: 5.0000

Francisco Gallego

History of Poland

Wawel is the name of a hill on the left side of the Vistula River in Krakow, Poland. According to Wikipedia, it has an altitude of 228 meters above sea level and has great symbolic meaning for Poles. Indeed, Lech Kaczynski, the late president of Poland, rests in Wawel Castle, surrounded by kings, heroes and prominent personalities. Within its walls, has been written the history of Poland, from the coronation of kings to important decisions that have determined the successive stages of development. The original castle dates from the fifteenth century but has suffered various vicissitudes, fire and several reconstructions.

Today, you can see mainly a renaissance style and detail that are Gothic and Romanesque. Personally, what I liked best, were their orange tiles. Singular. You can also see a fabulous collection of Arras tapestries, portraits and other precious objects. It is free to enter the castle, but if you want to see the tapestries and walk around inside the building itself. Next to the castle is the Wawel Cathedral, a splendid monument along with a church open for worship. Sigismund Chapel deserves special attention for its Renaissance style. On the outside lies the cave of the dragon, interesting for children- for children, there is a reproduction of a dragon breathing fire. Here's the story: The evil dragon was terrorizing the people living there and eating everything that was passing by. Compungido, the King offered the hand of his daughter to whoever that managed to rid the town of the fierce dragon. Many tried, but none succeeded until he came across Dratewka, a shoemaker by trade. He took a sheep, killed it, filled it with spicy food and left in the cave entrance. The dragon, of course, does not take long to devour but after doing so, he began to feel an itch and had to be fed drinking water in the river. He drank so much water - and finished by exploding! Thus, the good Dratewka married the daughter of the king and saved the Polish people. I said, a story.

Castle over 1000 years old

This impressive castle over 1000 years old, but I was told that was reconstructed 300 years later after being trimmers for a fire, is the less "scary". It is one of those castles that filmmakers use to influence one to make scary movies. Good thing I saw daylight and the sun shone, surely it could have been seen through the gray sky and raining would have been different. The truth is that we do not go as we arrived too late, almost at 4 pm and it takes more than noon to visit fairly well. The video shows the delicacy in construction ingrained in this country, and it draws attention to by those

Then, nearly 700 years ago would be used the same material as in the last century and still this will continue, this red clay brick as seen in the different vidéos there in my corner of minute has been used over many centuries until today.