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The so-called Dragon's Den is just a limestone cave in the Wawel Hill. You descend 135 steps on a steep spiral staircase, and you see two caves, one bigger and one smaller, with some empty cavities that light up from time to time... and that's it!
About. This is a legendary cave in the western slope of Wawel Hill. The oldest version of a legend about the dragon of Wawel, related to the mythic beginning of Krakow, comes from the turn of the 13th century. Duration: 1-2 hours.
The Dragon’s Den, a legendary cave in the western slope of Wawel Hill, is surely one of its great curiosities. The cave formed nearly 12 million years ago as a result of karst development in the Jurassic limestone.
Information. The cave that the legendary dragon inhabited leads down from Wawel Hill to the bank of the Vistula. The legendary beast terrorised the locals and demanded offerings of cattle, though in an alternate version of the tale these were virgins.
Smocza Jama (Polish for "dragon's den") is a limestone cave in the Wawel Hill in Kraków. Owing to its location in the heart of the former Polish capital and its connection to the legendary Wawel Dragon, it is the best known cave in Poland.
The cave that the legendary dragon inhabited leads down from Wawel Hill to the bank of the Vistula. The legendary beast terrorised the locals and demanded offerings of cattle, though in an alternate version of the tale these were virgins.
15 lis 2023 · Dragon's Den. Formed about 25 million years ago, the spectacular limestone formation of Wawel Hill is not the solid piece of rock it appears to be, but rather filled with eerie caves and crawl spaces.
