architecture

Wawel Royal Castle

Cracow, Lesser Poland, Poland

Zamek Królewski na Wawelu [Polish]

Architecture

built
13th and 14th century
culture
Polish
style/period
Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, Early Baroque
work type
castle
patronage
Casimir III the Great

Specifications

area
7,040 m²

Geography

Europe » Eastern Europe » Poland » Lesser Poland » Cracow » Old Town
local language location name
Kraków, Polska [Polish]
historical affiliations
1025-1385
Kingdom of Poland
1569-1795
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
1795-1815
Galicia and Lodomeria
1795-1804
Habsburg Monarchy
1804-1815
Austrian Empire
1815-1846
Free City of Cracow
1846-1867
Austrian Empire
1867-1918
Austria-Hungary

UNESCO World Heritage Site

Historic Centre of Kraków
type
cultural
criteria
IV
designation
reference
29bis
Wawel Royal Castle, Senator Tower
Wawel Royal Castle, Senator Tower Cracow, Lesser Poland, Poland
Wawel Royal Castle, Vistula River
Wawel Royal Castle, Vistula River Cracow, Lesser Poland, Poland
Wawel Royal Castle, Vistula River
Wawel Royal Castle, Vistula River Cracow, Lesser Poland, Poland
Wawel Royal Castle, caponier, Sigismund Tower and Clock Tower
Wawel Royal Castle, caponier, Sigismund Tower and Clock Tower Cracow, Lesser Poland, Poland
Wawel Royal Castle, Cathedral, Sigismund Tower, Clock Tower and Silver Bell Tower
Wawel Royal Castle, Cathedral, Sigismund Tower, Clock Tower and Silver Bell Tower Cracow, Lesser Poland, Poland
Wawel Royal Castle
Wawel Royal Castle Cracow, Lesser Poland, Poland
Wawel Royal Castle, caponier, Sigismund Tower and Clock Tower
Wawel Royal Castle, caponier, Sigismund Tower and Clock Tower Cracow, Lesser Poland, Poland