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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