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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Manggha and Royal Archcathedral Basilica of Saints Stanislaus and Wenceslaus.
Manggha
Museum
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Manggha is a museum in Kraków, Poland. Until 2005, it was a branch of the National Museum of Kraków.
Royal Archcathedral Basilica of Saints Stanislaus and Wenceslaus
Church
Photo: Jakubhal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Wawel Cathedral, formally titled the Archcathedral Basilica of Saint Stanislaus and Saint Wenceslaus, is a Catholic cathedral situated on Wawel Hill in Kraków, Poland.
Wawel Castle
Castle
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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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kazimierz and Półwsie Zwierzynieckie.
Kazimierz
Photo: Eli Ruth, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kazimierz is a part of Old Town district of Krakow in Poland. Before World War II, it was a Jewish district.
Półwsie Zwierzynieckie
Neighborhood
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Półwsie Zwierzynieckie is a neighborhood.
Old Town
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The Old City of Kraków, referred to in Polish as Stare Miasto, forms the historical kernel of this vibrant Polish city and is the first target for most travellers to the city for accommodation, eating out, entertainment, and attractions.
Wawel
- Type: Locality
- Description: hill in Kraków, Poland
- Categories: building complex, hill, and architectural heritage monument
- Location: Kraków, Małopolskie, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Wawel” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Վավել”
- Bashkir: “Вавель”
- Basque: “Wawel”
- Belarusian: “Вавель”
- Belarusian: “Вавэль”
- Breton: “Wawel”
- Bulgarian: “Вавел”
- Catalan: “Wawel”
- Chinese: “瓦維爾山”
- Chinese: “瓦维尔山”
- Croatian: “Vavel”
- Czech: “Wawel”
- Danish: “Wawel”
- Dutch: “Wawel”
- Dutch: “Waweł”
- Dutch: “Wawelburcht”
- Esperanto: “monteto Vavelo”
- Esperanto: “Vavelo”
- Esperanto: “Wawel”
- French: “Wawel”
- German: “Schloss Wawel”
- German: “Wawel”
- German: “Wawelhügel”
- Greek: “Βάβελ”
- Hebrew: “ואוול”
- Hungarian: “Wawel”
- Italian: “Wawel”
- Japanese: “ヴァーヴェル城”
- Japanese: “ヴァヴェル”
- Korean: “바벨”
- Lithuanian: “Vavelis”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Wawel”
- Norwegian: “Wawel”
- Polish: “Wawel”
- Polish: “Wzgórze Wawelskie”
- Polish: “Zespół Wzgórza Wawelskiego”
- Romanian: “Wawel”
- Russian: “Вавель”
- Russian: “Вавельский замок”
- Serbian: “Vavel”
- Serbian: “Wawel”
- Serbian: “Вавел”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Vavel”
- Slovak: “Wawel”
- Slovak: “Wzgórze wawelskie”
- Slovenian: “Wawel”
- Spanish: “Castillo Wawel”
- Spanish: “Wawel”
- Swedish: “Wawel”
- Swedish: “Wawelslottet”
- Tatar: “Вавель”
- Turkish: “Wawel”
- Ukrainian: “Вавель”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hotel Poleski and Hotel Secesja.
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