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Mariacki Church, Krakow

I'm reliably informed that this huge church in the Rynek Glowny is dedicated to St. Mary, not Antonio Banderas. Every hour, a bugler plays from the top of the taller tower, to commemorate an occasion when a watchman alerted the city to a Tartar invasion. The watchman was shot through the throat with an arrow, and so the playing stops abruptly halfway through.

 

Taken from the top of the tower in the Rynek Glowny. Sadly, there was gunk on the window, hence the annoying smudges.

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Uploaded on October 9, 2009
Taken on September 25, 2009