About Town Hall Tower
Kraków's Town Hall Tower is the surviving remnant of the historic town hall and rises at the edge of the vast Main Market Square. Built of brick and stone, the tower stands about seventy meters tall and today houses a branch of the Historical Museum devoted to the city's history, as well as a theater venue. You can climb steep steps to the uppermost platform, where clocks from the sixteenth century are on display. The balconies offer sweeping views over the market square and the Cloth Hall. The entrance is flanked by stone lions and leads through a Gothic portal bearing the coats of arms of Kraków and Poland.
Based on the article “Rathausturm (Krakau)” from the German Wikipedia, summarized and rephrased by a language modelLicense CC BY-SA 4.0
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- Rynek Główny 1
30-001 Krakow, Poland - Phone
- +48124264334
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- ratuszowa.krakow.pl
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- 50.06153° N · 19.93644° E
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Most of the Gothic / Renaissance Town Hall was demolished in 1820, but the tower survives, now a branch of the City Museum. You can climb to the observation deck on the top floor, and peer into the workings of the clock, now radio-synchronised.
Source: Wikivoyage, „Kraków/Old Town“ · authors per page history · CC BY-SA 4.0 · as of 11/18/2019