unofficial symbols of the city are also used. Flag of Kraków, also during its time as a city-state Banner of Kraków Coat of Arms of Kraków Seal of Kraków The...
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Kraków (Polish: [ˈkrakuf] ), officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the...
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Kraków Old Town is the historic central district of Kraków, Poland. It is one of the most famous old districts in Poland today and was the centre of Poland's...
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Lajkonik (category Festivals in Kraków)
The Lajkonik is one of the unofficial symbols of the city of Kraków, Poland. It is represented as a bearded man resembling a Tatar in a characteristic...
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– traditional Polish pastry Obwarzanek krakowski – one of the symbols of Kraków, a product of geographical indication in the European Union Śląsk breads...
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south-west of Kraków, Krzeszowice, 24 km (15 mi) west of Kraków, Słomniki, 24 km (15 mi) north-east of Kraków, Skała, 20 km (12 mi) north of Kraków, and Świątniki...
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It was the capital of Poland from 1038 to 1596, the capital of the Grand Duchy of Kraków from 1846 to 1918, and the capital of Kraków Voivodeship from the...
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[ˈrɨnɛɡ ˈɡwuvnɨ] lit. Main Market Square) of the Old Town of Kraków, Lesser Poland, is the principal urban space located at the center of the city. It dates back to...
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Sigismund's Chapel. It is the official seat of the Archbishop of Kraków and of the Archdiocese of Kraków. A symbol of Polish statehood and faith, the cathedral...
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University of Krakow, (abbreviated as AGH University; formerly: AGH University of Science and Technology or AGH UST) is a public university in Kraków, Poland...
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Stanislaus of Szczepanów (Polish: Stanisław ze Szczepanowa; 26 July 1030 – 11 April 1079) was a Polish Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Kraków and was...
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Obwarzanek krakowski (category Culture in Kraków)
obwarzanek krakowski often features in campaigns to promote Kraków. As a well-known symbol of Kraków and Lesser Poland, it is often used in advertising aimed...
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Piotr Skrzynecki (category People from Kraków)
the leading member of Piwnica. It became the most popular intellectual cabaret in postwar Poland, and one of the symbols of Kraków. Although it was not...
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Wawel Castle (redirect from Castle of Kraków)
lands and Kraków became part of the emerging state of Poland. In the year 1000, the Kraków diocese was established followed by the construction of a Cathedral...
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title, Grand Duke of Kraków, was part of the official titulary of the Emperor of Austria. The Grand Duchy of Kraków had its own coat of arms - a white eagle...
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National symbols of Poland (Polish: Polskie symbole narodowe) are the tangible and intangible symbols, emblems or images that are found in Poland to represent...
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Lesser Poland Voivodeship (section Symbols)
Almost all of Lesser Poland lies in the Vistula River catchment area. The city of Kraków was one of the European Cities of Culture in 2000. Kraków has railway...
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Hobby horse (redirect from Hunting the Earl of Rone)
an unofficial symbol of Kraków, and versions often appear as tourist attraction in the Market Square. The Basque country on the borders of France and Spain...
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Prussian Homage (category History of Kraków)
took place on 10 April 1525 in the then capital of Kraków, Kingdom of Poland. This ended the rule of the Teutonic Order in Prussia, which became a secular...
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the design became the coat of arms of then-established Kraków Voivodeship, that was formed within the borders of the Kraków Land. It was used until 1795...
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Henryk Reyman Municipal Stadium (redirect from Stadion Wisly Kraków)
Kraków, Poland. It is currently used as home ground by Wisła Kraków football team playing in the I liga matches. The address of the stadium is Kraków...
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St. Mary's Trumpet Call (category National symbols of Poland)
guide to Kraków does not include the story. Whatever the origins of Kelly's story, it proved popular in Kraków. The first written version of the full...
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2nd Kraków Grenadier Regiment was a scythemen regiment of the insurrection army during the Kościuszko Uprising in 1794. Both 1st and 2nd regiments were...
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8 July 2008 in the US. The DVD is of the band's controversial 2004 concert that was filmed in a TV studio in Kraków, Poland. The DVD also includes live...
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Oskar Schindler's Enamel Factory (category Jews and Judaism in Kraków)
in Kraków. It now hosts two museums: the Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków, on the former workshops, and a branch of the Historical Museum of the...
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Young Poland (category Cultural history of Poland)
Many of the exhibitions were held at the Palace of Art, also known as "Secession" (Secesja), the headquarters of the Kraków Society of Friends of Fine...
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Stańczyk (section Stańczyk as a symbol)
Journalist, a character modeled after Rudolf Starzewski [pl], editor of the Kraków-based paper Czas (Time), associated with the Stańczycy faction. In the...
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Lublin Old Town (category Geography of Lublin)
center of Lublin, Poland, one of the most significant Polish complexes of historic buildings. The Crown Tribunal and the 14th-century Kraków Gate, leading...
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Mural in the Kupa Synagogue, Kraków, Poland Astronomical symbols Chinese zodiac Circle of stars Cusp (astrology) Elements of the zodiac Astronomical Applications...
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Szczerbiec (category National symbols of Poland)
the coronations of most Polish monarchs from 1320 to 1764. It now is displayed in the treasure vault of the royal Wawel Castle in Kraków, as the only preserved...
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