The brick tower is the only surviving part of Kraków’s Town Hall which was built in the 14th c. Badly dilapidated, the Town Hall was demolished in the early 19th c. The tower is 70 metres high. The entrance on the side of the Cloth Hall is guarded by two stone lions. The Tower houses a section of the Historical Museum; the vaults offer a venue for the Ludowy Theatre (The Town Hall Stage). It is worth making the effort to climb the tower to admire the impressive panorama of the Old Town. On the Square, between the Town Hall Tower and Szewska Street one can see a commemorative plaque at the site where Tadeusz Kościuszko took the oath as the leader of the nation in 1794.
The Town Hall Tower
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