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Kraków jest stolicą historycznej Małopolski. Leży na obszarze Bramy Krakowskiej, Niecki Nidziańskiej i Pogórza Zachodniobeskidzkiego .
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Kraków – miasto w południowej Polsce, położone nad Wisłą....
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Kraków (Polish: ⓘ), also seen spelled Cracow or absent...
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Cracovia) – miasto na prawach powiatu położone w południowej Polsce nad Wisłą, drugie co do liczby mieszkańców i czwarte powierzchniowo miasto kraju. Formalna stolica Polski do 1795 roku i miasto koronacyjne wraz z nekropolią królów Polski na Wzgórzu Wawelskim (w podziemiach Katedry).
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The earliest known settlement on the present site of Kraków was established on Wawel Hill, and dates back to the 4th century. Legend attributes the town's establishment to the mythical ruler Krakus, who built it above a cave occupied by a ravenous dragon, Smok Wawelski. Many knights unsuccessfully attempted to oust the dragon by force, but instead,...
The Renaissance, whose influence originated in Italy, arrived in Kraków in the late 15th century, along with numerous Italian artists including Francesco Fiorentino, Bartolommeo Berrecci, Santi Gucci, Mateo Gucci, Bernardo Morando, and Giovanni Baptista di Quadro. The period, which elevated the intellectual pursuits, produced many outstanding artis...
In the late 18th century, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was partitioned three times by its expansionist neighbors: Imperial Russia, the Austrian Empire, and the Kingdom of Prussia. After the first two partitions (1772 and 1793), Kraków was still part of the substantially reduced Polish nation. In 1794 Tadeusz Kościuszko initiated a revolt agai...
Poland was partitioned again at the onset of the Second World War. The Nazi German forces entered Kraków on September 6, 1939. The residents of the city were saved from German attack by the courageous Mayor Stanisław Klimecki who went to meet the invading Wehrmacht troops. He approached them with the call to stop shooting because the city was defen...
After the war, the government of the People's Republic of Poland ordered the construction of the country's largest steel mill in the suburb of Nowa Huta. This was regarded by some as an attempt to diminish the influence of Kraków's intellectual and artistic heritage by industrialization of the city and by attracting to it the new working class. In ...
Timeline of Kraków (§ Bibliography)Laurențiu Rădvan [in Romanian] (January 2010), "Towns in the Kingdom of Poland: Wroclaw and Krakow", At Europe's Borders: Medieval Towns in the Romanian Principalities, Translated by Valentin Cîrde...
Culture of Kraków. Kraków is considered by many to be the cultural capital of Poland. [1] It was named the European Capital of Culture by the European Union for the year 2000. The city has some of the best museums in the country and several famous theaters.
Kraków Główny – stacja kolejowa w Krakowie, będąca jedną z najważniejszych w południowej Polsce, obsługująca połączenia lokalne i dalekobieżne w ruchu krajowym i międzynarodowym. Według kategoryzacji PKP ma najwyższą kategorię — premium .
