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| St Kasimir |
St Mary's Basilica takes over one whole corner of the Market Square in Krakow. It is the main tourist attraction of the city center with two entries, one with ticket to take pictures of the famous Veit Stoss altar one one free to pray. I chose to pray.
The larger of the two bell towers houses a trumpeter who plays on the hour in each of the four windows. This commemorates the fireman who warned the city of an oncoming Tartar attack on the horizon. The trumpeter was pierced in the neck with a Tartar arrow and stopped playing. The reenactment each hour has the musician playing the call up to that point.
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