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Kraków

Kraków is the chief city of Province in the south of Poland and was the capital of the country during the Middle Ages. At its core is a beautifully-preserved medieval town on the banks of the River Wisła or Vistula, and it's Poland's top tourist draw.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Royal Archcathedral Basilica of Saints Stanislaus and Wenceslaus and Wawel.

Church
Photo: Jakubhal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Wawel Cathedral, formally titled the Archcathedral Basilica of Saint Stanislaus and Saint Wenceslaus, is a Catholic cathedral situated on Wawel Hill in , .

Peak
Photo: Pawelsuder, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Royal Castle and the Hill on which it sits constitute the most historically and culturally significant site in . A fortified residency on the Vistula River in , it was established on the orders of King Casimir III the Great and enlarged over the centuries into a number of structures around a Polish Renaissance courtyard.

Square
Photo: Imehling, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Main Market Square a historic square located in the of , . It is the principal urban space located at the center of the city. It dates back to the 13th century, and with an area of 3.79 ha ) it is sometimes called one of the largest medieval town squares in Europe.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Town and Kazimierz.

Photo: Taxiarchos228, CC BY 3.0.
The Old City of , referred to in Polish as Stare Miasto, forms the historical kernel of this vibrant city and is the first target for most travellers to the city for accommodation, eating out, entertainment, and attractions.

Photo: Eli Ruth, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a part of Old Town district of Krakow in . Before World War II, it was a Jewish district.

Kraków

Latitude
50.0726° or 50° 4′ 21″ north
Longitude
19.9325° or 19° 55′ 57″ east
Population
781,000
Elevation
217 metres (712 feet)
Open location code
9F2X3WFM+22
Geo­Names ID
6690154
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Kraków” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Krakau”
  • Albanian: “Krakovi”
  • Amharic: “ክራካው”
  • Arabic: “كراكوف”
  • Aragonese: “Cracovia”
  • Armenian: “Կրակով”
  • Asturian: “Cracovia”
  • Azerbaijani: “Krakov”
  • Basque: “Krakovia”
  • Belarusian: “Горад Кракаў”
  • Bulgarian: “Краков”
  • Burmese: “ကရားကော့မြို့”
  • Catalan: “Cracòvia”
  • Chechen: “Краков”
  • Chinese: “克拉科夫”
  • Chuvash: “Краков”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Krakоv”
  • Croatian: “Krakov”
  • Czech: “Krakov”
  • Dutch: “Krakau”
  • Eastern Mari: “Краков”
  • Erzya: “Краков ош”
  • Esperanto: “Krakovo”
  • Extremaduran: “Cracovia”
  • Finnish: “Krakova”
  • French: “Cracovie”
  • Galician: “Cracovia”
  • Georgian: “კრაკოვი”
  • German: “Krakau”
  • Greek: “Κρακοβία”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Khiet-là-khô-fû”
  • Hebrew: “קרקוב”
  • Hindi: “क्रकाउ”
  • Hungarian: “Krakkó”
  • Icelandic: “Kraká”
  • Italian: “Cracovia”
  • Japanese: “クラクフ”
  • Kalmyk: “Краков балһсн”
  • Kashubian: “Krakòwò”
  • Kazakh: “Краков”
  • Kirghiz: “Краков”
  • Korean: “크라쿠프”
  • Ladino: “Krakovia”
  • Latin: “Cracovia”
  • Latvian: “Krakova”
  • Lithuanian: “Krokuva”
  • Lombard: “Cracòvia”
  • Low German: “Krakau”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Krakow”
  • Macedonian: “Краков”
  • Maltese: “Krakovja”
  • Marathi: “क्राकूफ”
  • Mongolian: “Краков”
  • Narom: “Cracaû”
  • Neapolitan: “Carcovia”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Cracòvia”
  • Ossetian: “Краков”
  • Persian: “کراکوف”
  • Polish: “Krak”
  • Polish: “Krk”
  • Portuguese: “Cracóvia”
  • Romanian: “Cracovia”
  • Russian: “Краков”
  • Samogitian: “Kruokova”
  • Sardinian: “Cracòvia”
  • Serbian: “Краков”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Krakov”
  • Sicilian: “Cracovia”
  • Silesian: “Krakůw”
  • Slovak: “Krakov”
  • Slovenian: “Krakov”
  • Spanish: “Cracovia”
  • Swahili: “Krakov”
  • Tamil: “கிராக்கோவ்”
  • Tatar: “Краков”
  • Tetum: “Krakóvia”
  • Thai: “กรากุฟ”
  • Tok Pisin: “Cracow”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Krakau”
  • Udmurt: “Кракув”
  • Uighur: “Krakow”
  • Ukrainian: “Краків”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Krakow”
  • Urdu: “کراکوف”
  • Uzbek: “Krakov”
  • Veps: “Krakov”
  • Western Frisian: “Krakau”
  • Western Panjabi: “کراکوف”
  • Yiddish: “קראקע”
  • Yue Chinese: “克拉科夫”

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