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Wawel Royal Castle

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Pieskowa Skała Castle

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Wawel Royal Castle

Pieskowa Skała Castle

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0. Audio guide rental - it is also necessary to purchase a ticket for the exhibition

duration: 50 min.

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Additional service.

Audio guide rental does not include admission to the exhibition(s).

You must purchase the appropriate ticket to the State Rooms and/or Royal Private Apartments and/or Crown Treasury. If you buy admission tickets for more than one exhibition, you need to rent only one audioguide.

The audioguide is available in English, Polish and Ukrainian for the State Rooms, Royal Private Apartments and Crown Treasury.

We recommend the audio guide for visitors over 12 years of age.

The audio guide will be available at the entrance to the exhibition with a valid admission ticket.

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1. Armoury

duration: 40 min.

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The Armory exhibits various types of weapons and military equipment from the period from the Middle Ages to the 18th century (including parade horse lines). As part of the exhibition, you can see, among others a unique set of state signs - painted and embroidered banners, including a large court banner made for the wedding of Sigismund Augustus with Katarzyna Habsburżanka in 1553, a coat of the Knight of the Order of the Holy Spirit displayed in the room entitled Rex Triumphator, several dozen silverware, several hundred other relics, from ancient times to valuables from the end of the 18th century.

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1. Crown Treasury

duration: 60 min.

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The exhibition in a completely new arrangement! Significant objects connected to Poland’s history are displayed in twelve rooms. There are exquisite works in gold and silver, jewelry, textiles, and ornate parade arms and armor. The exhibition occupies the Gothic and Renaissance rooms in the north part and corner of the castle that from t 14th century onward housed the Polish coronation insignia and the crown jewels of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. On view here are priceless objects from the original Crown Treasury, such as the coronation sword Szczerbiec, heirlooms of Polish monarchs that have survived war and pillage, and splendid gold and silver objects created by Western European and Polish goldsmiths. A large collection of weapons, armour, parade saddles, and equestrian equipment dating from the Middle Ages to the 18th century is displayed in the Armoury. As part of exhibition, you can see, among others a unique set of state insignia—painted and embroidered banners, including the great court banner executed for the wedding of King Sigismund II Augustus and Catherine of Austria in 1553—are on view in the first room. The court banner is the oldest and largest preserved object of its kind. In the next two rooms, the golden age of the Commonwealth’s military is illustrated by equestrian equipment and parade weapons from the 16th through the 17th centuries the mantle of the Order of the Holy Spirit, the most precious several dozen silver-gilt parade vessels and several hundred priceless objects ranging from antiquity to the late 18th century. bilia related to the history of Poland of great value and importance are displayed in twelve rooms.

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2. State Rooms - 2nd floor of the Castle

duration: 50 min.

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The “State Rooms,” the formal, public rooms of the palace, recall the interiors of the royal residence in the 16th and 17th centuries. They are decorated with magnificent tapestries from the collection of King Sigismund II Augustus, royal portraits, Italian and Dutch Old Master paintings from the 15th through 17th centuries, and Italian Renaissance furniture. Many of the rooms have colorful late-Baroque tile heating stoves that come from the Wiśniowiecki palace in Wiśnioweic in Wołyń (now Volhynia). Gilt-leather wall hangings adorn the Baroque-period interiors. Unique Renaissance portals with Gothic features, Renaissance stonework window frames, Renaissance and Baroque chimney pieces, and beamed ceilings have been preserved in many of the interiors.

The purchased ticket entitles you to enter the exhibition "The expression. Lviv Rococo Sculpture" exhibition till 30th June 2023

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3. Royal Private Apartments

duration: 50 min.

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Once reserved for the royal family and their courtiers and guests, these rooms hold Renaissance furnishings, Italian paintings from the Lanckoroński Collection, and Flemish tapestries from the holdings of King Sigismund II Augustus. Several rooms retain their original 16th-century painted wooden ceilings and friezes. the President of the Republic of Poland. Wawel’s collection of Meissen porcelain and table silver from the so-called Saxon period (1697–1763; Wettin kings Augustus II and Augustus III) are on view on this floor.

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Art of the Orient. Ottoman Turkish Tents

duration: 50 min.

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The exhibition presents oriental art, chiefly Near Eastern decorative art, from the collections of Wawel Castle. Eastern art has played a significant role in the culture of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Carpets, banners, wall hangings, Persian and Ottoman Turkish arms and armor, are exhibited on two floors. The most splendid part of the collection are trophies from the Battle of Vienna of 1683 and historic objects associated with King John III Sobieski, such as three magnificent Ottoman tents. (The Wawel collection of Ottoman tents is the largest in Europe.) On the first floor, there is also a display of Chinese and Japanese ceramics.

The purchase of a ticket to the "The Art of the Orient.Ottoman Turkish Tents" exhibition entitles you to enter the "The expression. Lviv Rococo Sculpture" exhibition without an additional ticket.

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Dragon’s Den

duration: 20 min.

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The picturesque karst cave—the lair of the legendary Wawel Dragon—is one of Wawel Hill’s more curious features. The route follows 81 meters of the cave’s total 270 meters of corridors and exits onto the Vistula Boulevards next to the “fire-breathing” Wawel Dragon, a statue by Bronisław Chromy (1972).

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First floor galleries

duration: 15 min.

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The first floor open to the public offers a spectacular view of the courtyard and its Renaissance buildings.

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Royal Gardens

duration: 30 min.

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The Royal Gardens were reconstructed based on years of study and research on Renaissance gardens. The plants used and arrangements of pathways and beds as well as architectural elements evoke the atmosphere of gardens of the period. The gardens encompass an upper and lower terrace and a small vineyard. If the weather will be bad gardens could be temporarily closed.

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Sandomierska Tower

duration: 20 min.

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One of the Wawel Castle’s three artillery towers. It was built in about 1460, during the reign of Casimir IV Jagiellon, to strengthen the defenses of the royal residence against attack from the most vulnerable, southern side. The top of the tower offers views of Cracow and the surrounding countryside.

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The expression. Lviv Rococo Sculpture

duration: 30 min.

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Join us from March 31 through October 23, 2023 for an exhibition of masterpieces from the Boris Voznytsky Lviv National Gallery. The sculptures were originally in the parish church in Hodovytsya (Pol. Hodowica) near Lviv. On view are some of the finest sculptures created in 18th-century Europe – they are by Johann Georg Pinsel and his collaborators. “Lviv Rococo Sculpture” stands out in the history of art as the most expressive current in Early Modern European sculpture.

The purchase of a ticket to the "The State Rooms" or "The Art of the Orient. The Ottoman Turkish Tens" exhibition entitles you to enter the "The expression. Lviv Rococo Sculpture" exhibition without an additional ticket.

The purchase of a ticket for the "Wawel Most Precious..." route entitles you to purchase a promotion ticket for the "The expression. Lviv Rococo Sculpture" exhibition for PLN 1

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External route + Museum (first floor)

duration: 70 min.

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Towering over the Prądnik Valley, Pieskowa Skała castle is one of the most beautiful and best preserved places on the tourist map of Poland. A picturesque complex of castle buildings was created from the first half of the fourteenth century to the seventeenth century. Sixteenth century was the time of splendor of the castle and that’s why it is called the pearl of the Polish Renaissance or small Wawel. The current exhibition presents excellent works of art from the Middle Ages to the late Baroque. Visitors can see a valuable collection of Gothic sculptures and paintings by renowned European masters, surrounded by excellent examples of furniture as well as tapestries and handcraft objects. A separate exhibition, situated on the second floor, presents the history of the castle. The ticket price includes a guided tour of the outer route: courtyards, arcades, lumber room and Dorothy's Rock..

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