The most impressive building in Krakow is the Wawel Castle complex. Krakow was the historic capital of Poland and was one of the few Polish cities to escape the Second World War largely physically unscathed. The Photograph above shows Wawel Cathedral, the burial place of many of the ancient kings of Poland. This is in the courtyard of the Castle.
This next photograph shows some of the Castle itself. As well as being the seat of the ancient kings of Poland, the Wawel has a less distinguished history as the headquarters of the German General Government of Poland during the Second World War. It is from this beautiful building that many of the horrors of both the holocaust and the degradation of the Polish nation were directed.
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