# Exterior view [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [ARCHITECT, Polish]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Photo ## Commentary The Renaissance architectural style appears in Poland under the late Jagiellon dynasty, and especially in the reign of Sigismund I \(1506-1548\), whose wife came from the Sforza family of Lombardy. The rebuilding of his Wawel Castle \(1507-36\) in Kraków was begun by the Italian Francesco della Lore and continued by Bartolomeo Berrecci of Florence. It presents a blend of local Gothic and 15th-century Italian architecture. The king brought in the best native and foreign artists including Italian architects, sculptors, and German decorators, to refurbish the castle into a splendid Renaissance palace. It soon became a paragon of stately residence in Central and Eastern Europe and served widely as a model throughout the region. View the <a href="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/support/plans/zzzarchi/16c/6/castle.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=400,height=600'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return false">ground plan</a> of Wawel Castle, Kraków. ## Related artworks - [Castle]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [General view]() - [General view]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()