Built to commemorate General Kosciuszko. A serpentine (ie scary!) path leads to the top, from which point there is usually a beautiful view of almost one hundred miles, where on a clear day one can see the Tatra Mountains to the south, the Benedictine and Camaldolese monasteries to the west, and Nowa Huta and the communist destruction of the countryside surrounding Krakow, to the east.
About four kilometres away, one can see the main market square and the towering St. Mary ’s Church, as well as Wawel castle a little to the south.
Directly below, lies the Vistula River, as well as the common green (Krakowskie Blonie), where during the first pilgrimage where John Paul the Second to Poland in June 1979 would celebrate Mass between Wawel Castle and the Mound on his visits to Krakow.
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