Poland
Małopolskie
Kraków

Wawel Castle

The Wawel Royal Castle and the Wawel Hill on which it sits constitute the most historically and culturally significant site in . A fortified residency on the Vistula River in , 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.
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  • Type: Castle
  • Description: castle in Krakow, the former royal seat
  • Also known as: “Wawel” and “Zamek Wawel”
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Royal Archcathedral Basilica of Saints Stanislaus and Wenceslaus and Wawel.

Church
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The Wawel Cathedral, formally titled the Archcathedral Basilica of Saint Stanislaus and Saint Wenceslaus, is a Catholic cathedral situated on Wawel Hill in , .

Peak
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The Royal Castle and the Hill on which it sits constitute the most historically and culturally significant site in . A fortified residency on the Vistula River in , 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.

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kazimierz and Old Town.

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is a part of Old Town district of Krakow in . Before World War II, it was a Jewish district.

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The Old City of , referred to in Polish as Stare Miasto, forms the historical kernel of this vibrant city and is the first target for most travellers to the city for accommodation, eating out, entertainment, and attractions.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Wawel Castle

Latitude
50.05394° or 50° 3′ 14″ north
Longitude
19.9356° or 19° 56′ 8″ east
Elevation
231 metres (758 feet)
Open location code
9F2X3W3P+H6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 785550415
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Geo­Names ID
6694847
Wiki­data ID
Q18820
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Wawel Castle” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Վավել”
  • Armenian: “Վավելի ամրոց”
  • Basque: “Wawelgo gaztelua”
  • Belarusian: “Вавель”
  • Belarusian: “Вавэльскі замак”
  • Belarusian: “Каралеўскі замак на Вавэлі”
  • Bulgarian: “Вавел”
  • Bulgarian: “Вавелски кралски замък”
  • Catalan: “castell de Wawel”
  • Catalan: “Castell de Wawel”
  • Chinese: “瓦維爾城堡”
  • Chinese: “瓦维尔山”
  • Croatian: “Vavel”
  • Czech: “Královský hrad na Wawelu”
  • Czech: “Královský hrad”
  • Dutch: “Kasteel van Wawel”
  • Dutch: “Koninklijk Kasteel van Wawel”
  • Dutch: “Koninklijke Kasteel van Wawel”
  • Dutch: “Slot Wawel”
  • Dutch: “Wawel-kasteel”
  • Dutch: “Wawelburcht”
  • Esperanto: “Kastelo de Wawel”
  • Esperanto: “Kastelo Vavel”
  • Esperanto: “Vavela Kastelo”
  • Esperanto: “Vavelo”
  • Finnish: “Wawelin linna”
  • French: “Château de Wawel”
  • French: “château du Wawel”
  • French: “Château du Wawel”
  • German: “Königsschloss auf dem Wawel”
  • German: “Schloss Wawel”
  • German: “Wawel-Schloss”
  • German: “Wawelburg”
  • German: “Zamek Królewski Na Wawelu”
  • Greek: “Κάστρο Βάβελ”
  • Hebrew: “ואוול”
  • Hebrew: “טירת ואוול”
  • Hungarian: “Királyi palota”
  • Indonesian: “Puri Wawel”
  • Indonesian: “Wawel Castle”
  • Italian: “castello del Wawel”
  • Italian: “Castello del Wawel”
  • Italian: “Wawel”
  • Japanese: “ヴァヴェル城”
  • Korean: “바벨성”
  • Lithuanian: “Karališkoji Vavelio pilis”
  • Lithuanian: “Vavelis”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kongeslottet på Wawel”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Slottet på Wawel”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Wawel-slottet”
  • Norwegian: “Kongeslottet på Wawel”
  • Persian: “دژ واول”
  • Polish: “Wawel”
  • Polish: “Zamek Królewski na Wawelu”
  • Polish: “Zamek na Wawelu”
  • Polish: “Zamek wawelski”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo Real de Wawel”
  • Romanian: “Castelul Wawel”
  • Russian: “Вавель”
  • Serbian: “Вавел”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Vavel”
  • Slovak: “Wawelský hrad”
  • Slovak: “Wawelský zámok”
  • Slovak: “Zamek Królewski na Wawelu”
  • Slovenian: “grad Vavel”
  • Slovenian: “Grad Vavel”
  • Slovenian: “grad Wawel”
  • Slovenian: “Vavel”
  • Slovenian: “Wawel”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de Wawel”
  • Swedish: “Wawel slott”
  • Swedish: “Zamek Królewski na Wawelu”
  • Tajik: “Дижи Вавел”
  • Thai: “ปราสาทวาเวล”
  • Ukrainian: “Вавель”
  • Ukrainian: “Королівський замок на Вавелі”
  • Uzbek: “Vavel qirollik saroyi”
  • Vietnamese: “Lâu đài Wawel”

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