- Explore the Kraków Barbican when you travel to Kraków Old Town - Expedia's Kraków Barbican information guide keeps you in the know!
- Take a tour of the structure that once ensured Krakow’s safety and is today the best-preserved barbican in Europe.
- The Barbican is one of the few surviving relics among the fortifications and defensive barriers that once surrounded the royal city of Krakow.
- It is connected to the rest of the city by two gates, leading to Kleparz and the city walls. Today, the Barbican is a branch of the Museum of Krakow.
- Images by Hannah Bialic for Absolute Tours. Krakow Barbican Info. Address: Kraków Barbican, Basztowa 30-547 Kraków. Map ref: 50.0654718, 19.9416613,17.
- The Great Barbican of Krakow. ... In the past the Krakow barbican (Barbakan in Polish) was surrounded by a 30-meter-wide, deep moat.
- 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.
- The Barbican was built at the end of 15th century (1498-1499) and it was the strongest element of the expanded fortifications in Krakow.
- The pearl of Kraków’s fortifications, the Barbican is one of the most exquisite examples of medieval military architecture 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.