Kraków Gate
Brama Krakowska
A 14th-century city gate of the Old Town, with a Gothic tower and a Baroque top, serving as the symbol of Lublin.
Kraków Gate was built in the 14th century during the reign of Casimir the Great. It is one of the main surviving gates of the Old Town walls. Its lower Gothic brick tower was topped with a Baroque cupola in the 17th century, and it takes its name from the road to Kraków. Inside the gate is the Lublin Historical Museum, which displays artifacts from the city’s history, and climbing the tower offers views over the New Town’s main street and the Old Town roofs. Outside the gate is the pedestrian street Krakowskie Przedmieście, which connects to Lithuanian Square and is the essential route from the New Town into the Old Town.
Opening hours
Museum Tue–Sun approx. 09:00–17:00
Nearby sights
- Lublin Old Town & Market Square
- Lublin Underground Route
- Trinitarian Tower
- Lublin Archcathedral
- Dominican Basilica of St. Stanislaus
- Grodzka Gate – NN Theatre Centre
- Lublin Castle & Chapel of the Holy Trinity
- Lithuanian Square