Krakow - The ancient capital of Poland

Poland's ancient capital Krakow is a city with many historical sites and priceless art collections. It also leaves many vestiges of an ancient city with a rich city, a splendid and magnificent golden era.

Gothique Wawel-style church (Photo: mpi-sb.mpg)

The castle of Polish kings was built on Wawel hill overlooking the Wissla river. The city lies on the trade route between Western Europe and Asia from the fourteenth century to the sixteenth century. Wawel Museum is one of the most magnificent and richest museums in Europe. In many royal chambers today also displays Phlamang rugs and valuable items such as Eastern crowns, weapons and artifacts.

Gothique Wawel-style church is a world famous monument. It contained the ashes of the Polish kings. And also in this church there is a masterpiece of sculpture: a large multicolored aftermath created by Veit Stoss in 1477.

The old city of Krakow is also an immense museum filled with treasures of ancient architecture, most notably the Conlegium Maiut-style Gothique building, with the museum of Jagiellonia University. Jagiellonia University founded by Casimir the Great in 1364 is a converging center of Eastern European intellectual life from the fourteenth century to the seventeenth century. Today, to counteract the damage of this historic site due to the polluted ecological environment, the Polish authorities have reduced the source of pollution by closing a nearby aluminum factory and using it. gas instead of coal. At the same time Poland has conducted a master program to restore ancient works.

In Uylika 13 km from Krakow, there used to be a salt mine that has been exploited continuously since the 12th century. Now it becomes a rare art work: Deep in the pit there are many small and large statues of different sizes and even carved stone sculptures of rock salt. There are also underground lakes, an amazing dance room. Following the elevator down to a depth of 225m there is a nursing home. There, doctors also took advantage of the salt environment to treat asthma, asthma and allergies.

Due to cultural values, the art of Krakow's historical monument was recorded in the World Heritage List in 1978 .

Krakow City Square (Photo: sephardicstudies)