Images From my Trip to Krakow April 18, 2003 krakow-56.jpg - 56 of 110

The legend is that there was a powerful prince named Krakus, who built a castle on a hill named Wawel on the bank of the Vistula and named the town after himself. The problem was that there was a dragon living below the castle. The creature was ravenous, eating much of the surrounding wildlife, including a young maiden or two. The prince ordered a sheep's hide to be filled with sulphur, which was cast into the den where the dragon immediately ate it in one gulp. Once the dragon started feeling the sulphur burining in its stomach, it rushed to the river and drank and drank. The dragon drank so much water it exploded, giving the villagers a fireworks display. This statue has been placed on where the dragon's den once stood.

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