Wawel Castle in Kraków

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Wawel Castle in Kraków is a historic royal residence and symbol of Polish statehood that served as the seat of kings for centuries and now functions as a major museum and cultural landmark.


Statements (51)
Predicate Object
instanceOf castle
cultural heritage site
historic monument
museum
royal residence
architecturalStyle Baroque
Gothic
Renaissance
Romanesque
collectionIncludes Italian Renaissance paintings
Oriental art
arms and armor
gold and silverware
royal portraits
tapestries of Sigismund II Augustus
country Poland
function art museum
historic house museum
hasPart Crown Treasury and Armory
Dragon’s Den
Lost Wawel exhibition
Royal Private Apartments
State Rooms
Wawel Cathedral
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
heritageStatus national monument of Poland
locatedBy Vistula River
locatedIn Kraków
Lesser Poland Voivodeship
locatedOn Wawel Hill
managedBy Wawel Royal Castle National Art Collection
notableFor courtyard with arcaded galleries
defensive walls and towers
royal chambers
ownedBy State Treasury of Poland
partOf Historic Centre of Kraków
Wawel complex
significantEvent coronations of Polish kings
royal funerals
royal weddings
significantPeriod Jagiellonian dynasty
Piast dynasty
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
symbolOf Polish national identity
Polish statehood
touristAttraction major tourist attraction in Poland
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1978
usedAs museum
national symbol
royal residence
seat of Polish kings

Referenced by (20)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Hans Frank ("Wawel Castle, Kraków")
Sigismund I the Old ("Wawel Castle")
Sigismund II Augustus ("Wawel Castle")
Władysław IV Vasa
residence
Crown Treasury and Armory ("Wawel Castle")
Lost Wawel exhibition ("Wawel Castle")
Royal Private Apartments ("Wawel Castle")
locatedIn
Old Town (Kraków) ("Wawel Castle")
Wawel Hill ("Wawel Castle")
hasPart
General Government (Nazi-occupied Poland)
administrativeCenter
Józef Piłsudski ("Wawel Cathedral")
burialPlace
Dragon’s Den ("Wawel Castle")
connectedTo
Lesser Poland ("Wawel Castle")
contains
Lesser Poland Voivodeship ("Historic Centre of Kraków")
containsUNESCOWorldHeritageSite
Kraków ("Wawel Castle")
hasLandmark
Kraków ("Wawel Royal Castle Museum")
hasMuseum
Wawel Castle ("Wawel Royal Castle National Art Collection")
managedBy
Sucha Beskidzka Castle ("Wawel Castle")
namedAfter
Royal Private Apartments ("Wawel Castle")
partOf
Sucha Beskidzka Castle ("Wawel Castle")
similarTo

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