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Krakow is one of the oldest and largest cities of Poland. In 2005 the city population was 750,000 inhabitants. Historic core of the city is situated on the Vistula, at the foot of Wawel Hill in the south, the region of Lesser Poland (Małopolska).
Since 1999 is the residence of Little Poland Voivodship, previously being the residence of Krakow Voivodship (XIV century).
Krakow has traditionally been regarded as one of Poland's major cities in terms of artistic, cultural and scientific. Also represents the former residence of Polish kings and is considered by many as the heart of Poland, with a history of over 1000 years.
Krakow is also a major tourist center, being the target of over 7 million tourists annually.
Located in Upper Vistula Valley, now the capital of voivodship, port city, visited with delight over 7 million tourists, Krakow is one of the few places where works of art inestimabilele gathered while the centuries have been destroyed during the war world.
Krakow has traditionally been regarded as one of Poland's major cities in terms of artistic, cultural and scientific. Also represents the former residence of Polish kings and is considered by many as the heart of Poland, with a history of over 1000 years.
Krakow is a city hard to resist the whimsical and not fall in love with its parks and streets. "Remains" of the Iron Curtain (the term used to define Western Europe Eastern Europe during the Cold War) can still be identified in the urban landscape picture pale gray areas of the city and suburbs identical.
All of these loops about the color of the river Wisla lenesele that fits on the edges of the old city and the multitude of flower stalls that give life the old center. There are many more to be done in a weekend in Krakow than you can imagine, however, manage your time so that you can leave with a complex opinion about this university town in Poland.
Historic old town of Krakow in 1978 was inscribed on the UNESCO world cultural heritage list.
Archaeological evidence suggests that instead of the Wawel castle there during the installation of the stone age. A legend attributes the founding leader of the legendary city of Lehi, Krak, who built above the cave occupied by hungry devil, "Smoke Wawelski. The first document of the city's name comes from 966, when Abraham ben Jacob, the traveler Sephardic Jew, described the shopping center Krakow as notable.
Today, Krakow, his long coat add to their existing attribute of the "capital of art and youth." In May-June, during anualelor "Days of Krakow" is held here "Juvenalia", a carnival university student in the Youth exam on ... talent and artistic innovation.
Krakow | Krakow is one of the oldest and largest cities of Poland. In 2005 the city population was 750,000 inhabitants. Historic core of the city is situated on the Vistula, at the foot of Wawel Hill in the south, the region of Lesser Poland (Małopolska)
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