Wawel Castle in Kraków

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castle cultural heritage site historic monument museum royal residence

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.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Wawel Castle	17
Wawel Castle in Kraków canonical	3
Historic Centre of Kraków	1
Kraków Castle	1
Wawel Castle complex	1
Wawel Castle, Kraków	1
Wawel Cathedral	1
Wawel Royal Castle Museum	1
Wawel Royal Castle National Art Collection	1
Wawel Royal Castle authorities	1

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 Hill ⓘ surface form: 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 Castle in Kraków self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Wawel Royal Castle National Art Collection
notableFor	courtyard with arcaded galleries ⓘ defensive walls and towers ⓘ royal chambers ⓘ
ownedBy	State Treasury of Poland ⓘ
partOf	Kraków ⓘ surface form: Historic Centre of Kraków Wawel Hill ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ

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Input

Subject: Wawel Castle in Kraków
Description of subject: 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.

Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

General Government (Nazi-occupied Poland) → administrativeCenter → Wawel Castle in Kraków ⓘ

Lesser Poland Voivodeship → containsUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Wawel Castle in Kraków ⓘ

this entity surface form: Historic Centre of Kraków

Józef Piłsudski → burialPlace → Wawel Castle in Kraków ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wawel Cathedral

Wawel Castle in Kraków → managedBy → Wawel Castle in Kraków self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Wawel Castle

this entity surface form: Wawel Royal Castle National Art Collection

Kraków → hasLandmark → Wawel Castle in Kraków ⓘ