Palace on Wawel

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Iga Wojciechowska

Contents1. Palace on Wawel2. Contents3. Map4. Location5. What is it?6. Defence7. Wawel- the king’s

resident8. Appearance9. Iga Wojciechowska

Location• Palace on Wawel

is located in Małopolskie Province, in Kraków

• Palace is situated on jurassic, rocky hill, on a left bank Wisła.

What is it?• Palace on Wawel

is the most famous palace in Poland.

• His the biggest toweris 18 m tall and it is called „stołp”.

• Once the palace was wanderful rezident and it was base of the kings.

Defence• Suppose in X

century the palace was settlement about fortified character.

• Tower „stołp” is fortified tower too. It was build in XII century.

• The palace didn’t suppot Swedish army, with from 1655 occupy it for two years.

Wawel-the king’s resident

• From the half of XI century to the end XVI century Wawel was king’s base.

• In the first half of the XVI century in palace lived Mieszko Stary I.

Appearance• Palace’s walls are

remnants from roman and gotick buildings.

• King Zygmunt Stary I bestowal him renaissance styl in 1507-1536.

Iga Wojciechowska

Hi! I’m Iga.I was born on 22.07.1991 in

Warsaw.I live in Milanówek.