Kraków - Stare Miasto
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| Cracow's Historic Centre* | |
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| UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
| Image:WawelZWIEZY.jpg | |
| State Party | Image:Flag of Poland.svg Poland |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | IV |
| Reference | 29 |
| Region† | Europe and North America |
| Inscription history | |
| Inscription | 1978 (2nd Session) |
| * Name as inscribed on World Heritage List. † Region as classified by UNESCO. | |
Stare Miasto (English: Old Town District) is the central historical district of Kraków, Poland. It is the most prominent example of an old town district in the country, Kraków being the original capital of the country. It was added in 1978 to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites (as Cracow's Historic Centre).
The 13th-century merchants' town, former capital of Poland, features Rynek Główny, or Main Square - the largest medieval town square of any European city [1] - with numerous historic churches such as Kościół Mariacki (St. Mary's Basilica), Church of St. Wojciech and other national treasures like Sukiennice (Cloth Hall, currently housing gift shops, restaurants and merchant stalls, with the National Gallery of Art upstairs), Town Hall Tower, the Barbakan (anglicized form Barbican, a defense tower once part of a comprehensive network of fortifications encircling the city - next to Florian Gate), and Wawel Castle, the former seat of Polish kings which overlooks the Vistula river.
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- Krakow/Old City travel guide from Wikitravel
Kraków |
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Districts: Stare Miasto · Grzegórzki · Prądnik Czerwony · Prądnik Biały · Krowodrza · Bronowice · Bieńczyce · Zwierzyniec · Dębniki · Łagiewniki-Borek Fałęcki · Swoszowice · Podgórze Duchackie · Bieżanów-Prokocim · Podgórze · Czyżyny · Mistrzejowice · Wzgórza Krzesławickie · Nowa Huta |
Tourist attractions: |
World Heritage Sites in Poland | |
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Auschwitz Birkenau. German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945) · Białowieża Forest / Belovezhskaya Pushcha (with Belarus) · Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork · Centennial Hall, Wrocław · Churches of Peace in Jawor and Świdnica · Kraków - Stare Miasto / Cracow's Historic Centre · Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Architectural and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park · Park Muzakowski / Muskauer Park (with Germany) · Medieval Town of Toruń · Historic Centre of Warsaw · Wieliczka Salt Mine · Wooden Churches of Southern Little Poland · Old City of Zamość | |
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