St Mary's Basilica (Kosciol Mariacki) is on the eastern edge of the square. The outside of the church is impressive enough, with its tall (but uneven) pair of towers (70 and 80 metres high respectively), each of which has totally over the top baroque decorative spires on top. The taller tower, imaginatively called "The Higher Tower" is the scene of one of Krakow's more enduring traditions, the hejnal. Every hour on the hour a member of a special section of the local fire brigade plays a short, simple bugle tune from the top of the tower; the tune is played 4 times, to each point of the compass
