Foreign publications

Focusing on the building works between 1504 and 1548, the book relates the history of the construction of the Renaissance castle on Wawel Hill, one of the grandest Italianate residences in Central Europe. Drawing extensively on archival sources from account ledgers to chronicles, diplomatic correspo...

Among the royal memorabilia in the Wawel Treasury there are: Szczerbiec, the court flag, militaria, honorary badges of John III Sobieski, diplomatic gifts and outstanding works of jewellery. The album presents over thirty monuments related to Polish monarchs, which are among the most important exh...

This profusely illustrated volume is the first comprehensive presentation of the suit of armour made for the young King Sigismund Augustus. The work of Jörg Seusenhofer, the armour has been in the collection of Wawel Royal Castle since 2021. The publication comprises an essay by Krzysztof J. Czyżews...

This book is an invitation to a fascinating adventure. Travel far into the history of Poland, through the lens of Wawel – the most important site for Polish history and culture. Wandering along the defensive walls, through the halls of the royal residence or the crypts of the cathedral, unique atmos...

This book, the first volume of the three-volume catalogue raisonné of the tapestry collection of Sigismund II Augustus of Poland, covers the 450-year history of the collection. Originally numbering 160 pieces, it was the largest-ever tapestry commission woven for a single patron. The gold-woven tape...

Sigismund II Augustus’s collection of Flemish tapestries, the largest ever completed as a single commission, was produced in 1550–1560 in Brussels, then the leading tapestry center in Europe. Woven of the finest wool and silk with gold and silver threads, textiles such as these were made for powerfu...

The catalogue All the King’s Tapestries: Homecomings 2021–1961–1921accompanies the exhibition of the same name on view at Wawel Royal Castle from March 18 through October 31, 2021. The exhibition commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Treaty of Riga, which sealed Poland’s victory in the Polish-So...

This richly-illustrated volume presents over forty splendid objects from the Wawel collection of art from the Near and Far East, including several Ottoman Turkish tents. Throughout its history, the vast Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth had myriad contacts with the lands of Islam, and their splendid ar...

German language version. Sigismund II Augustus’s collection of Flemish tapestries, the largest ever completed as a single commission, was produced in 1550–1560 in Brussels, then the leading tapestry center in Europe. Woven of the finest wool and silk with gold and silver threads, textiles such as th...