St. Michael's Chapel, Wawel Castle

Local nameKościół św. Michała
LocationDzielnica I Stare Miasto, Kraków, Polska

St Michael's Chapel was a place of worship at Wawel Castle in Kraków, Poland. It was both a royal chapel and the chapel of the commoners. The chapel was governed by the dean and canons of Wawel.

The chapel was located in the outer courtyard of the castle hill. The first mention of the chapel dates from 1148. A hundred years later, the chronicler Jan Długosz mentions on the hill a brick chapel on the site of an earlier wooden one during the reign of King Casimir III the Great. The chapel consisted of a nave with a pentagonal chancel to the east and vestry to the north. In the 17th century it was restored due to the efforts of Bishop Jakub Zadzik.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Michael's_Chapel,_Wawel_Castle

Address 7 Zamek Wawel, Kraków 31-003, Poland

Coordinates 50°3'14.49" N 19°56'6.647" E

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