NIUE $2 2013
‘Crystal Art – Mysteries of Wawel Castle’
The second Crystal Art coin, 2 Oz of pure 99.99% Silver Antique-finish,
decorated with Agate crystal glass insert. This issue features the Wawel
Royal Castle and Cathedral in Cracow, Poland. The excellent decoration
makes it a very piece of art, the minuteness of detail makes it quite
simply unique!
Low mintage, only 999 pcs worldwide!
Wawel is a fortified architectural complex erected over many
centuries atop a limestone outcrop on the left bank of the Vistula river
in Kraków, Poland, at an altitude of 228 metres above the sea level.
The complex consists of many buildings and fortifications; the largest
and best known of these are Royal Castle and Wawel Cathedral which is
the Basilica of St Stanisław and St Wacław. Some of the Wawel’s oldest
stone buildings, such as the Rotunda of the Virgin Mary can be dated to
970AD. There are also wooden parts of the complex which date to about
the 9th century. The castle itself has been described as “one of the
most fascinating of all European castles.” The Wawel is a place of great
significance to the Polish people: it first became a political power
centre at the end of the first millennium AD and in the 9th century, the
principal fortified castrum of the Vistulans tribe. The first
historical ruler Mieszko I of Poland of the Piast dynasty and his
successors: Boleslaw I the Brave and Mieszko II chose Wawel to be one of
their residences. At the same time Wawel became one of the principal
Polish centres of Christianity. The first early Romanesque buildings
were erected there including a stone cathedral serving the bishopric of
Kraków in the year 1000. From the reign of Casimir the Restorer Wawel
became the leading political and administrative centre for the Polish
State.
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