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50°03′11″N 19°56′0″E / 50.05306°N 19.93333°E / 50.05306; 19.93333

Interior of the Dragon's Den
Dragon in its den at the foot of the Wawel Hill (Cosmographia universalis, 1544)
Statue of the dragon

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.

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Smocza Jama

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50°03′11″N 19°56′0″E / 50.05306°N 19.93333°E / 50.05306; 19.93333 Smocza Jama (Polish for "dragon's den") is a limestone cave in the Wawel Hill in...

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Wawel Dragon

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cobbler named Skub (Skuba), adding that the "Dragon's Cave" (Polish: Smocza Jama) lay beneath Wawel Castle (on Wawel Hill on the bank of the Vistula River)...

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Wawel Castle

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limestone is strongly karsted and abounds in caves (e.g. the Dragon's Den—Smocza Jama). This possibly explains why the hill was originally called "wąwel",...

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List of caves

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Raj Jaskinia Wielka Śnieżna Paradise Cave Ptasia Studnia Radochów Cave Smocza Jama Śnieżna Studnia Almonda Cave Cave of Aroeira Cave of Pedra Furada Cave...

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List of caves of Poland

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Mechowie, Gdańsk Pomerania Jaskinia Wierzchowska Górna, Polish Jura Smocza Jama, Kraków Other caves made accessible to the general public as part of...

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