St Mary's Basilica, Krakow

St Mary's Basilica or St Mary's Church with its asymmetrical facade dominates the Old Town Square. It dates back to the 16th Century and was the most important church in the city for many centuries. In the lower tower five bells are housed while the higher tower served as as a watch-tower since the Middle Ages. From here you can hear a trumpeter playing the Hejnal on the hour every hour. The trumpeter stops abruptly half-way through as, legend has it, a trumpeter was once shot in the throat by Tartar invaders. Inside St Mary's is a valuable collection of Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque furnishings but the most famous art work is certainly the wooden altar built by Wit Stwosz in the 15th Century.