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The Sztuka Wschodu exhibition (Orient of the Wawel; same hours as the Komnaty Krolewskie; 6zl, free on Wed), housed in the older west wing of the castle, focuses on Oriental influences in Polish culture. The first floor has an interesting section on early contacts with Armenia, Iran, Turkey, China and Japan, but the main "influences" displayed here seem to be war loot from the seventeenth-century campaigns against the Turks. The centrepiece is a collection of Turkish tents and armour captured after the Battle of Vienna, with a prize bust of Sobieski swathed in emperor-like laurels in attendance. Other second-floor rooms display an equally sumptuous assortment of Turkish and Iranian carpets, banners and weaponry seized during the fighting - the sixteenth-century Paradise carpet must have gone very nicely in the royal front room. The Wawel Zaginiony exhibition (Lost Wawel; Mon, Wed, Thurs & Sat 9.30am-3pm; Fri 9.30am-4pm, Sun 10am-3pm; 6zl, free on Wed), beneath the old kitchens, south of the cathedral, takes you past the excavated remains of the hill's most ancient buildings, including the foundations of the tenth-century Rotunda sw. Feliksa i Adaukta (Rotunda of SS. Felix and Adauctus), the oldest known church in Poland. A diverse collection of medieval archeological finds is displayed in the old coach house.
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