The Royal Sigismund Bell
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Monument in Kraków, Poland
The Sigismund Bell is the largest of the five bells hanging in the Sigismund Tower of the Wawel Cathedral in the Polish city of Kraków. It was cast in 1520 by Hans Behem and named after King Sigismund I of Poland, who commissioned it. The bell weighs almost 13 tonnes and requires 12 bell-ringers to swing it.
Address: Wawel 2, 31-001 Kraków, Poland
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