There is everything in Krakow Poland to be "the pearl of Slavonic Renaissance": a university, a carnival and Warlocks.
Krakow is the former capital of Poland, and now it is a treasure house of the culture of Poland, the mainstay of national identity, the keeper of Polish history. The Royal Castle on the Wawel hill above the town, the medieval market square, ancient houses and churches all these are strokes in the portrait of Krakow, one of the most beautiful cities in Poland and Europe. Time stopped on its sundial on the wall of St. Mary's Basilica and the trumpeter trumpets, as in the old days, from the tower of the temple and the kings repose in the Cathedral tombs. Yielding the role of the capital of Poland to younger Warsaw, the city cherishes its heritage - the memory of important events in the past centuries.
The first crowned ruler of Poland Bolesław I Chrobry, 967-1025 built the royal residence on the Wawel. Since the Cracow diocese was established in 1000, the Cathedral was built next to it. The Wawel Cathedral is the coronation and burial place of kings of Poland.
In 1364 the king Kazimierz III Wielki, 1310-1370 founded the University of Krakow. It became the second in central Europe after the University of Prague, opened in 1348.
Now there is a museum in the royal palace. The royal apartments, the treasury and the arsenal are open for visitors, as well as the exhibition "Lost Wawel†- an archaeological reserve with fragments of buildings of Roman and before Roman periods, including a rotunda of the Blessed Virgin Mary (second half of X century), considered the oldest Christian church in Poland.
The main sanctity in Krakow is the Cathedral, located on the Wawel hill next to the royal palace. It is a combination of three styles: Romanesque, Gothic and Baroque. That building, which you can see today was built in the period 1320 1364 in Poland.
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