{"id":2407,"date":"2025-08-19T17:36:57","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T17:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/escooters.krakow.pl\/attractions\/smok-z-latawcem-poetycka-rzezba-ktora-lagodzi-legende-wawelu\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T23:42:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T23:42:32","slug":"dragon-with-kite-poetic-sculpture-that-eases-wawel-legend","status":"publish","type":"at_biz_dir","link":"https:\/\/escooters.krakow.pl\/en\/atrakcje\/smok-z-latawcem-poetycka-rzezba-ktora-lagodzi-legende-wawelu\/","title":{"rendered":"Dragon with a kite - a poetic sculpture that softens the legend of Wawel Castle"},"content":{"rendered":"

When you think \"Wawel Dragon,\" you probably imagine a fire-breathing monster that terrorized ancient Krakow. But what if the story could be told differently? Sculpture \"Dragon with a kite\"<\/strong>, standing by Tourist Service Center (CORT)<\/strong> right on the Vistula River, sheds a whole new light on this legend.<\/p>\n

The author of this poetic installation is Bronislaw Chromy<\/strong> - the same artist who created the famous fire-breathing dragon at Wawel Castle. In 2015, just before his death, he donated a second version of the iconic sculpture to the city - light, symbolic and full of childlike imagination.<\/p>\n

Here the dragon does not breathe fire, scare or devour sheep. On the contrary, he holds a colorful kite in his mouth, which floats in the air. His posture is friendly, his movement dynamic and his gaze almost joyful. He is a dragon from another world - not from legend, but from a fairy tale.<\/p>\n

It is this contrasting narrative that draws tourists and walkers to it. For children, it's a picture-perfect place, for adults - an opportunity to reflect on how art can change context. In giving this project to the city, Chromy wanted to remind us that even myth has a second bottom - that even a dragon can have \"children's dreams.\"<\/p>\n

The sculpture blends perfectly with its surroundings: Vistula Boulevards<\/strong>, Wawel Hill<\/strong>, nearby Jock statue<\/strong> - All this creates a true open-air gallery. Walking along the Vistula River, you can not only take a break from the hustle and bustle of the city, but also absorb art and history in the most accessible form.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udccd It's worth stopping here for a while - take a photo, stay in silence and look at Wawel Castle from a different perspective. And if you want to move quickly between these points and discover even more \"hidden gems\" of Krakow....<\/p>\n

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\ud83e\udded \"Dragon with a kite\" is a great stop on a tour of Krakow with children, but also a symbolic ending to a walk through the Old Town. It combines history with modernity, myth with imagination, and - most importantly - makes you smile to yourself.<\/p>\n

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