Tombstone of King Casimir III the Great3D Model
Tombstone of King Casimir III the Great (Kazimierz III Wielki)
King Casimir III the Great (d. 1370) was buried next to his father, King Ladislaus the Short (d. 1333) in the eastern arcade of the Wawel Royal Cathedral. Casimir the Great’s tombstone was sculpted in red limestone from the Hungarian town of Esztergom, which has been traditionally called ‘marble’. It may be assumed that the type of material was consciously selected, since the colour red had been associated with power and reserved for rulers since the time of the Roman Empire.
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Inventory number: WKW/eIV/05
Localisation of the physical object: Wawel Royal Cathedral in Kraków, Poland
Digitalisation: Regional Digitalisation Lab, Małopolska Institute of Culture in Kraków, Poland; “Virtual Museums of Małopolska” Project
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