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Everyday a trumpeter gets upstairs and in direction of the four corners of the earth fly the sounds of 'Hejnal', the musical symbol of Krakow. This ritual is more than 750 years old, this way the memory about the watch, who died in the 13th century while giving the danger signal, is kept. It's such an old tradition, that at 12 a.m. the sounds from St Mary's Church are translated by radio all over Poland.

Jagiellonian University. Nowadays Krakow is not only a city with great historical past, but due to the leading educational center - Jagiellonian University it's a multinational European city. There at 17 different faculties study students from different corners of the world. One of the most famous graduates of it was Stanislaw Lem. The academy is worth visiting only because of the building, which is a wonderful architectural example of the 14th century. The court with arcades and numerous small details were made in the gothic style. The water gutters, for example, are decorated with the gargoyles. The academy has its own museum, where one can look at the ancient lecture halls, library, and the collection of historical instruments.
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