Poland · Restored
Wawel Castle
Wawel Royal Castle is the historic fortified royal residence on Wawel Hill overlooking the Vistula River in Kraków, Poland. The complex includes the Wawel Cathedral and numerous medieval, Renaissance and Baroque buildings clustered around a central courtyard, with multiple defensive towers and ramparts.
First raised
1001
Its prime
1564
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1564
The shape it held in its prime.
Perched on a limestone outcrop above the Vistula, the complex presents a compact silhouette of red terracotta roofs, brick cylindrical towers with conical tiles, long low ranges of masonry buildings with regular rows of windows, and the cathedral’s green-patinated copper spires rising above. Stone retaining walls and curtain walls step down the hill; the castle groups a Renaissance arcaded courtyard to the rear of the visible roofline. Materials are predominantly red brick, pale limestone bases and terracotta roofing, with copper-clad church towers.
Step inside
10 places to explore in 1564.
The record describes 10 distinct spots at Wawel Castle — including 3 interiors: wawel cathedral nave and chapels (interior), silver bell tower base and crypt, jadwiga and jogaila chamber (exhibition room). Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.
Create History
See Wawel Castle with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1564 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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