The history of Wawel Castle to the mid-11th century

According to archaeological research traces the first settlement dates back to the Paleolithic, about 100 thousand. p. n. e years as a settlement situated on the crossroads of trade routes quickly developed. Wawel Castle was probably one of the power centers of the tribe which formed a nation organisation vistulan at the turn of the 8th and 9th century. Their legendary rulers Krakus Crack and Wanda, live in VII and VIII century, mentioned the 13th century chronicler Wincenty Kadłubek. In the 10th century, vistulans and, thus, included in the emerging Polish State.

In 1921, on the rampart of King Władysław IV Vasa stood a statue of Tadeusz Kościuszko by Leonard Marconi and Antoni Popiel chisel.

In 1927, the Wawel Castle the ashes of Juliusz Słowacki and his mother Salome Bécu; in 1935 he was buried here, too, Józef Piłsudski.

During World War II the Wawel Castle was the seat of the Governor General Hans Frank. Stolen then a lot of valuable monuments, which to this day have not returned to Polish. 18 January 1945, abandoned by the Germans secured by firefighters Wawel and at the same time soldiers of AK [17].

In 1978, the Wawel Castle, together with close to the old town and Kazimierz monuments has been saved on the World Heritage list of UNESCO.

In 1992, the Wawel castle with an urn containing soil from Monte Cassino.

In 1993, the Wawel Castle delay Gen. Władysław Sikorski.

Wawel Cathedral.

The most beautiful building in Poland is the Royal Castle on the Wawel Hill in Cracow. It is located by the river Vistula. It is a renaissance two-storey building with four wings and five towers.

Royal Castle.

Wawel is a royal castle built in 1504 in Kraków. It's situated on Wawel hill on the left bank of the Vistula River. It's one of the most known polish places. On the hill there is also the Cathedral Basilica of Sts. Stanisław and Vaclav.Wawel is one of the most often visited polish antiques by foreigners. . There is also a theory that the name came from the name of Big Ben Babel.