A clock that plays Gaudeamus Igitur with an academic procession, or a chocolate bar from 1787, anybody? Old universities have their curiousities, and the Jagellonian University founded in Kraków in 1364 by Casimir III has more than most.
To satisfy your curiousity, the chocolate block was made to honour the visit of King Stanislaus August Poniatowski (perhaps he did not like chocolate, as it is still there, below left). Had he fancied it, he could have enjoyed it in the Stuba Communis from the mid-15th century that served as the meeting and dining area of the professors living in the building (below right).
The central campus has been built around the Collegium Maius, from the 14th century (the courtyard is below). The courtyard includes the musical clock that provides the performance.
The current clock is the fourth, and after the introductory Gaudeamus Igitur, plays a court tune from mid-16th century while an academic procession of figurines moves past. This includes a bedel with the usual staffs in front (below left), Queen Jadwiga and King Ladislaus (below middle), a couple of other notables and the Rector Magnificus with his chains (below right).
Notable alumni of the university include Copernicus, four Nobel laureates and pope John Paul II. The Jagellonian Hall (below) honours professors and alumni alike.
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