My favorite building in the Krakow City Center was St. Mary's Church.
There are two towers that are different heights. We were told that two brothers built the towers. Each wanted his to be taller than the others. One brother died and the other brother continued to build his so it would be taller.
The taller one severed as the city's watch tower. During medieval times the watchman would play his bugle as a warning call. There is a legend that when the watchman on duty spotted the enemy and sounded the alarm. He was shot with an arrow and abruptly stopped playing. He successfully woke the town and they were able to defeat the invaders. Today, the melody is played from the tower each hour by a trumpeter and still stops abruptly when the watchman was shot.
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