krakow express

Volume 15/Issue 25
photos by brianS

As the Vistula River nearly overflows, the Sigismund Tower looks on serenely from Wawel Hill. Seen from Wawel Hill, Krakow's south bank is home to modern apartment buildings and, to the right, the new Japanese Cultural Center. The gold-leafed cupola of the Sigismund Chapel stands to the right of the Waza Chapel. View of Krakow from the Sigismund Tower

A tourist in the Italianate courtyard of Wawel Castle The foundations are all that remain of the 14th century St. Michael's and St. George's Churches. Wawel Cathedral with its attached Sigismund Tower On the left: Outside Wawel Cathedral--If those bones could talk, they'd say "Sorry, but we didn't come from any dragon."

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