- The Barbican is the northernmost part of the fortifications in Krakow. ... Currently, the Barbican is a branch of the Historical Museum of Krakow.
- WorldEuropePolandKrakowOld TownKrakow Barbican. Krakow Barbican showing heritage architecture, street scenes and outdoor art. Source: Tourism Media.
- Krakow, Poland is one of the most beautiful cities in Europe, and its Barbican district is one of its most popular tourist destinations.
- The Kraków barbican (Polish: barbakan krakowski) is a barbican—a fortified outpost of, and gateway leading into, Kraków's Old Town.
- The Krakow Barbican was established at the end of the XV century and is a symbol of Krakow’s fortification process against foreign invasion.
- Take a tour of the structure that once ensured Krakow’s safety and is today the best-preserved barbican in Europe.
- If you wanted to get into the Old Town in Krakow you had to pass by the Barbican. ... The Barbican was finished around 1498, and it is built in gothic style.
- Kraków's Barbican is one of only three such fortified outposts still surviving in Europe and considered to be the best-preserved.
- Krakow's fundamental city door, Brama Florianska, was made unconquerable in the start of the l6th century because of Europe's mightiest barbican.
- The Krakow Barbican. Nick Hodge 1 min read 1 comment Updated 6th Dec 2017. ... The Barbican was both a principal gateway and a key element of defence.