KRAKÓW

POLAND'S CULTURAL CAPITAL

Kraków  ( also Cracow or Krakow) is the second largest and one of the oldest

cities in Poland. Situated on

the Vistula River in the Lesser

Poland region, the city dates back to

the 7th century.

Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centers of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life and is one o

f Poland's most important economic hubs.

It was the capital of Poland from 1038 to 1569; the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from

1569 to 1596; Free City of Kraków from 1815 to 1846; the Grand Duchy of Cracow from

1846 to 1918; and Kraków Voivodeship from the 14th century to 1999.

It is now the capital of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship.

The city has grown froma Stone Age settlement to Poland's second most important city. It began

as a hamlet on Wawel Hill and was already being

reported as a busy trading centre of Slavonic Europe

in 965. With the establishment of new

universities and cultural venues at the emergence

of the Second Polish Republic in 1918 and

throughout the 20th century, Kraków

reaffirmed its role as a major national academic

and artistic centre

The city has a population of approximately 760,000 whereas about 8 million people live within a 100 km radius

of its main square.

In 1978, UNESCO approved the first

ever sites for its new World Heritage List, including the entire

Old Town in inscribing Cracow's

Historic Centre. Kraków is classified as a global city by GaWC, with the ranking of High

sufficiency.

Beautiful historic buildings and places…

Old Town- Market Square

Church of Our Lady Assumed into Heaven

(St. Mary's Church) adjacent to the Main

Market Square

Renaissance Cloth Hall (Sukiennice) in Main

Market Square

Florian Gate

Barbican of Kraków (Barbakan)

Juliusz Slowacki Theatre

Jagiellonian UniversityCollegium Maius

Wawel Castle

Wawel Cathedral

Authors:Paulina CzamaraJudyta Szpunar Justyna Parys

Tomasz Gołąbek Dawid Goclan Alicja Pazder Angelika Łącz Sylwia Kupiec

Milena Markiewicz Marianna Cyma

Karolina Pakulska Weronika Wojdacz