Facts About Giewont Giewont is composed of dolomite and limestone caves, as well as gneiss and granite in the southern section. On Great Giewont, there is a 15 m steel cross, erected in 1901, the [...]

Facts About St. Florian’s Gate St. Florian’s Gate was built as part of a protective rampart around Kraków after the Tatar attack of 1241 which destroyed most of the city. [...]

Zamek Ogrodzieniec Facts Zamek Ogrodzieniec is a ruined medieval castle in the semi-mountainous highland region called the Polish Jura in south-central Poland. Established in the early 12th [...]

Facts About Neptune’s Fountain The Neptune’s Fountain is located at the Długi Targ, in front of the entrance to the Artus Court. In 1549 a now unknown well was located by the entrance [...]

Facts About Town Hall Tower The Tower is the only remaining part of the old Kraków Town Hall demolished in 1820 as part of the city plan to open up the Main Square. Built of stone and brick at [...]

Facts About Malbork Castle Malbork Castle is also one of Poland’s official national Historic Monuments, as designated on 16 September 1994. Its listing is maintained by the National [...]

Facts About Tatra National Park Tatra National Park is a National Park located in the Tatra Mountains in Tatra County, in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Małopolska region, in central-southern [...]

Facts About Morskie Oko Morskie Oko is the largest and fourth deepest lake in the Tatra Mountains, in southern Poland Morskie Oko is known as the Eye of the Sea in English. Morskie Oko is [...]

Facts About The Kraków Cloth Hall The Kraków Cloth Hall, in Lesser Poland, dates to the Renaissance and is one of the city’s most recognizable icons. It is the central feature of the main [...]

Facts About Wawel Royal Castle The Wawel Royal Castle is a castle residency located in central Kraków, Poland, and the first UNESCO World Heritage Site in the world. In 1978 Wawel was declared [...]