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Lost Wawel
Wawel Royal Castle is now a museum containing five separate sections, each requiring a different ticket that is valid for a specific time. There's a limited daily quota of tickets for some parts, so arrive early if you want to see everything or phone ahead to reserve. You will need a ticket even on 'free' days.
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New Jewish Cemetery
Northeast of the Jewish quarter of Kazimierz and behind the railway bridge is the New Jewish Cemetery, which is much larger than the Remuh Cemetery. It was established around 1800 and is the only burial place for Jews now in use in Kraków. There are some 9000 surviving tombstones (the oldest dating from the 1840s), some of which are of great beauty. In contrast to the manicured Remuh Cemetery, this one is completely unkempt and overgrown, which makes it an eerie and very sad sight.
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Remuh Cemetery
The Remuh Cemetery is just behind the Remuh Synagogue in tyhe Jewish quarter of Kazimierz. Founded in the mid-16th century, it was closed for burials in the late 18th century, when a new and larger graveyard was established. During WWII Nazis vandalised and razed the tombstones, but during postwar conservation work, some 700 gravestones, many of them outstanding Renaissance examples and dating back four centuries, were uncovered.
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Royal Private Apartments
Wawel Royal Castle is now a museum containing five separate sections, each requiring a different ticket that is valid for a specific time. There's a limited daily quota of tickets for some parts, so arrive early if you want to see everything or phone ahead to reserve. You will need a ticket even on 'free' days.
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Wawel Castle
The political and cultural centre of Poland until the end of the 16th century, Wawel Royal Castle is, like Wawel Cathedral, the very symbol of Poland's national identity.
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