Wawel Hill

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cultural heritage site hill historic site tourist attraction

Wawel Hill is a historic limestone hill in Kraków, Poland, renowned as the site of the former royal residence and cathedral, and a symbol of Polish statehood and culture.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Wawel Cathedral 3
Wawel complex 2
Wawel Dragon 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural heritage site ⓘ
hill ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalStylesPresent Baroque ⓘ
Gothic ⓘ
Renaissance ⓘ
Romanesque ⓘ
associatedWith Jagiellonian dynasty ⓘ
Piast dynasty ⓘ
Kingdom of Poland ⓘ
surface form: Polish monarchy
cityDistrict Old Town of Kraków ⓘ
surface form: Stare Miasto (Old Town), Kraków
containsTombsOf Polish kings ⓘ
national heroes of Poland ⓘ
prominent Polish cultural figures ⓘ
country Poland ⓘ
developedAs fortified stronghold in early Middle Ages ⓘ
elevation about 228 meters above sea level ⓘ
elevationRelative rises about 25 meters above the Vistula River ⓘ
formerFunction political center of the Kingdom of Poland ⓘ
royal residence ⓘ
seat of Polish kings ⓘ
governedBy Wawel Royal Castle collection ⓘ
surface form: Wawel Royal Castle National Art Collection
hasPart Wawel Castle in Kraków ⓘ
surface form: Wawel Castle

Wawel Cathedral ⓘ
courtyards ⓘ
defensive walls ⓘ
royal tombs ⓘ
towers ⓘ
heritageDesignation national monument of Poland ⓘ
knownFor cathedral with royal coronation site ⓘ
major pilgrimage site ⓘ
panoramic views of Kraków ⓘ
royal castle complex ⓘ
locatedIn Kraków ⓘ
Lesser Poland Voivodeship NERFINISHED ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
locatedOn left bank of the Vistula River ⓘ
material limestone ⓘ
near Kazimierz Jewish Quarter ⓘ
surface form: Kazimierz district of Kraków

Main Square, Kraków ⓘ
surface form: Kraków Old Town Market Square
religiousSignificance site of the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Kraków ⓘ
significance symbol of Polish culture ⓘ
symbol of Polish national identity ⓘ
symbol of Polish statehood ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear 1978 ⓘ
UNESCOStatus part of Historic Centre of Kraków World Heritage Site ⓘ
usedSince prehistoric times ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Dragon’s Den → associatedWith → Wawel Hill ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wawel Dragon
Władysław Sikorski → burialPlace → Wawel Hill ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wawel Cathedral
Kraków → hasHistoricCenter → Wawel Hill ⓘ
Kraków → hasLandmark → Wawel Hill ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wawel Cathedral
Old Town → hasPart → Wawel Hill ⓘ
subject surface form: Old Town (Kraków)
Wawel Castle in Kraków → hasPart → Wawel Hill ⓘ
subject surface form: Wawel Castle
this entity surface form: Wawel Cathedral
Dragon’s Den → locatedIn → Wawel Hill ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wawel Royal Castle complex
subject surface form: Wawel Castle
Dragon’s Den → partOf → Wawel Hill ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wawel complex
Wawel Castle in Kraków → partOf → Wawel Hill ⓘ
subject surface form: Wawel Castle
this entity surface form: Wawel complex