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The Royal Road or Royal Route (Polish: Droga Królewska) in Kraków, Poland, begins at the northern end of the medieval Old Town and continues south through the centre of town towards the Wawel Hill, where the old kings' residence, the Wawel Castle, is located. The Royal Road passes some of the most prominent historic landmarks of Poland's royal capital, providing suitable background to coronation processions and parades, the kings' and princes' receptions, foreign envoys and guests of distinction traveling from a far country to their destination at Wawel.
Some of the most revered as well as the lesser known points of interest and historic landmarks of the city stand on the path of the Royal Road. A more complete list of them would also include the following: Battle of Grunwald Monument at the centre of pl. Matejki, next to the Academy of Fine Arts, right across from Barbakan at Basztowa Street; Arsenal of the Czartoryski Museum on Pijarska Street adjacent to Florian Gate at the foot of Floriańska Street; the Matejko Manor division of the National Museum as well as the Jagiellonian University Museum of Pharmacy on Floriańska; and the Hipolit House division of the Historical Museum of Kraków across from St. Mary's Basilica (including a smaller Church of St Barbara), at the entrance to Main Market Square.

On the east side of Sukiennice Cloth Hall with the free-standing Town Hall Tower protruding from behind, there is the Adam Mickiewicz Monument, one of the best known bronze monuments in Poland.[7] At the beginning of Grodzka: the Church of St. Wojciech (St Adalbert's) and not far behind, the All Saints Square (pl. Wszystkich Świętych) with Wielopolski Palace and the Franciscan Church on its west side. Just three small city blocks down Grodzka, there's the St. Mary Magdalene Square with the Church of Saints Peter and Paul and the Church of St. Andrew and, at the end of Grodzka (one block further), the Church of St. Giles at Podzamcze Street. The Royal Road opens up to Wawel Hill towering from above, with the Wawel Castle and the Wawel Cathedral accessible by two ascending roads, the east and the west side entrances.
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