EditorialShrine of the sons of Burgundian King Sigismund. Six apostles; on the narrow side Saint Maurice, martyred on the site of the abbey in the 3rd CE; on the roof crucifixion, saints and angels. Chased silver, gilt.
EditorialPOLONIA. WARSAW. View of the Sigismund III Waza column (1566-1632) of 22 m. tall, installed in the year 1634. At the bottom, the tower of the Royal Castle, rebuilt between 1971 and 1988. Both are located in the Castle Square.
EditorialPOLAND. Krakow. Castle Wawel. Built in XV century by order of Casimir III the Great and reconstructed by Sigismund the Elder between 1502 and 1536 after its destruction in 1499 by a fire. Outside view.
EditorialShrine of the sons of Burgundian King Sigismund. On the narrow side Saint Maurice, martyred on the site of the abbey in the 3rd CE; He is shown, not as a Roman officer, but as a medieval knight in armour. Chased silver, gilt.
EditorialEnfeoffment of the Burgrave of Nuernberg, Friedrich von Hohenzollern, with the March Brandenburg by Emperor Sigismund, 1411. From the " Concilium Constantiense", Augsburg, p. 46 (1483).
EditorialKings of Hungary: Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund of Luxemburg 4, Albert the Magnanimous 5, and John Hunyadi 6. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giarre from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Florence, 1847.