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Collegium Maius
The 15th-century heart of the Jagiellonian University, where Copernicus studied, with a Gothic courtyard and a clock of moving figures.
- Open
- Closed Sundays
- Price
- Paid; the courtyard is free
- Time Needed
- 1 hour
- Address
- Jagiellońska 15, 31-010 KrakówDirections
- Getting There
- In the Old Town, a 5-minute walk west of the Main Square.
Why Go
The university was founded in 1364, and Copernicus studied here in the 1490s. Guided tours show the old lecture halls, professors' rooms and treasury, with astronomical instruments and one of the oldest globes showing America.
Several times a day, the courtyard clock plays an old student song as carved figures parade past.
Nearby in Kraków
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