Krakow Historical + Museum Pictures

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Poland’s former capital is known for its architectural splendor, exciting contemporary art and fascinating history, with castles, ruins and museums around the city.

Chapels carved entirely from salt, an underground lake and a museum make up this internationally protected World Heritage listed salt mine. 

Discover ancient fortifications, atmospheric bars, varied museums, medieval treasures and royal palaces on a tour of Kraków’s fascinating historic center. 

Pay your respects to some of Kraków’s distinguished Jewish luminaries and the fallen families of the Holocaust while strolling through this eerie burial ground. 

Pay your respects to some of Kraków’s distinguished Jewish luminaries and the fallen families of the Holocaust while strolling through this eerie burial ground. 

Discover ancient fortifications, atmospheric bars, varied museums, medieval treasures and royal palaces on a tour of Kraków’s fascinating historic center. 

Learn about 800 years of Jewish presence in Krakow in this insightful photo museum, which also serves as a lively cultural center. 

Discover ancient fortifications, atmospheric bars, varied museums, medieval treasures and royal palaces on a tour of Kraków’s fascinating historic center. 

Discover ancient fortifications, atmospheric bars, varied museums, medieval treasures and royal palaces on a tour of Kraków’s fascinating historic center. 

Watch a demonstration of the Foucault pendulum at this richly decorated church, which was one of Kraków’s earliest Baroque buildings. 

Watch a demonstration of the Foucault pendulum at this richly decorated church, which was one of Kraków’s earliest Baroque buildings. 

Dating back to the 14th century, this church blends a simple Gothic exterior with an elaborate Baroque décor. It once housed an important Jesuit college. 

Pay your respects to some of Kraków’s distinguished Jewish luminaries and the fallen families of the Holocaust while strolling through this eerie burial ground. 

Beneath Wawel Castle, explore the underground cave that was once a storehouse, a brothel and, according to legend, the home of a fearsome dragon.

Learn about 800 years of Jewish presence in Krakow in this insightful photo museum, which also serves as a lively cultural center. 

Pay your respects to Jewish families killed in World War II or scour the tombstones for famous Krakow residents in the city’s only Jewish cemetery still in use. 

Exhibitions of works by modern artists, such as Krystian Lupa and Wilhelm Sasnal, decorate the halls of this avant-garde building. 

Watch a demonstration of the Foucault pendulum at this richly decorated church, which was one of Kraków’s earliest Baroque buildings. 

Poland’s former capital is known for its architectural splendor, exciting contemporary art and fascinating history, with castles, ruins and museums around the city.

Chapels carved entirely from salt, an underground lake and a museum make up this internationally protected World Heritage listed salt mine. 

Take a tour of the structure that once ensured Krakow’s safety and is today the best-preserved barbican in Europe.

Exhibitions of works by modern artists, such as Krystian Lupa and Wilhelm Sasnal, decorate the halls of this avant-garde building. 

Pay your respects to some of Kraków’s distinguished Jewish luminaries and the fallen families of the Holocaust while strolling through this eerie burial ground.