page_title: Wawel Dragon (statue)
section_title: Statue
hierarchical_section_title: Wawel Dragon (statue) / Statue
caption_attribution_description: Wawel Dragon statue breathing fire.
context_page_description: Wawel Dragon Statue is a monument at the foot of the Wawel Hill in Kraków, Poland, in front of the Wawel Dragon's den, dedicated to the mythical Wawel Dragon.
context_section_description: The statue was designed by Polish sculptor Bronisław Chromy and completed in 1969; it was installed in its present location in 1972, a  date commonly repeated in other sources; Bielowicz notes that the statue was made in 1969 but was not unveiled in its current location till 1972. The statue is made out of bronze and stands on a large limestone boulder. It is 6 metres (20 ft) tall.
  Some early designs for the statue included a more traditional water fountain. A later variant proposed that it should be partially submerged in the nearby Vistula river, but this was rejected. In the end, the statue was designed to breathe fire; it was also modernized recently so that the fire breath can be triggered by a SMS text message (the statue can do so at minimum 15 seconds intervals). The service is popular, and has received at least 2,500 requests in one day. The fire uses natural gas as fuel. Without any text messages, the fire breaths occur at about five-minute intervals.
  The statue has been described as a "traditional" element of the modern Kraków landscape, and as a major tourist attraction of the city, particularly for children.
caption: The statue breathing fire
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