The Wawel Royal Cathedral is a piece of digital artwork by Jerzy Czyz which was uploaded on February 14th, 2020.
The Wawel Royal Cathedral
The Wawel Royal Cathedral, the most important house of worship in Poland, whose imposing interior symbolically testifies to the continuity of the... more
by Jerzy Czyz
Title
The Wawel Royal Cathedral
Artist
Jerzy Czyz
Medium
Digital Art
Description
The Wawel Royal Cathedral, the most important house of worship in Poland, whose imposing interior symbolically testifies to the continuity of the historical memory of generations of Poles. The last resting place of Polish kings, national heroes, eminent poets, and the patron saint of Poland – Bishop Stanislaus. For centuries, the venue of coronations.Wawel Hill is a Jurassic limestone outcropping that formed about 150 million years ago and which, at nearly 228 meters above sea level, is a dominant feature in the Cracow landscape.
Situated on the bank of the Vistula river and surrounded by its waters and marshes, the hill had provided a safe haven for people since the Paleolithic Period. From the 7th century A.D. onwards Slavic peoples inhabited the hill. Early medieval legends tell of a fearsome dragon that lived in a cave beneath Wawel Hill, of Prince Krak the dragon slayer, and of his daughter Wanda, who drowned herself in the Vistula rather than marry a German knight.
Uploaded
February 14th, 2020
