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We do not know what were the oldest Kraków mounds so far. It is believed that these were places of worship or graves of chiefs, but there is no certainty about this. It is known, however, that the two oldest, built by human hands, Krakow hills are well over a thousand years old. To this day, Krakow mounds remain an unexplained mystery of the past, and this is probably why they were given into the possession of the legendary Krakow heroes born in the imagination. One of such heroes is the legendary prince - the founder of the city, whose burial place is to be the Krakus Mound, located on the right bank of the Vistula, on the Krzemionek hill. This mound is small - it is 16 meters high, and the diameter of its base is just over 50 meters. Research indicates that it was probably erected in the 7th century. Evidence of this can be found inside the building, during archaeological research in the 1930s, forged in bronze - a characteristic Avarian belt clasp of those times.