Once upon a time, in the city of Kraków there lived a terrible dragon. He terrorised the locals from his cave under Wawel Hill…
(Cracovian legend)

The Dragon House is topped with a statue of a dragon with stretched out wings. The building was designed by Teodor Talowski, one of the most notable Polish architects working at the turn of the 20th century. Known for his flair and humour, he designed over 70 churches, chapels, tenement houses, palaces, manor houses, villas and hospitals throughout the former Galicia region.