The Sigismund Bell

50°03′17″N 19°56′09″E / 50.05472°N 19.93583°E / 50.05472; 19.93583 The Sigismund Bell (Polish: Dzwon Zygmunt or colloquially Dzwon Zygmunta) is the largest of the five bells hanging in the Sigismund Tower of the Wawel Cathedral in the city of Kraków, Poland. It was cast in 1520 by Hans Beham and named after King Sigismund I the Old, who commissioned it. The bell weighs almost 13 tonnes (28 thousand pounds) and requires 12 bell-ringers to manually swing it. It tolls on special occasions, mostly religious and national holidays, and is regarded as one of Poland's national symbols.

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