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    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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    Królewskie Miasto Kraków, which can be translated as "Royal Capital City of Kraków". In English, a person born or living in Kraków is a Cracovian (Polish:...
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    Lajkonik (category Culture 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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    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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    – 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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    III, of the Swedish House of Vasa, moved the capital of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from Kraków to Warsaw. Kraków remained the place of coronations...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    scythemen regiments of the insurgent forces during the Kościuszko Uprising. Notably, it was used on the military standard of the 2nd Kraków Grenadier Regiment...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • Kichuś majstra Lepigliny (category Works set in Kraków)
    tells the story of a boy accidentally created from clay by a potter, the titular master Lepiglina. The action takes place in historical Kraków (c. the 17th...
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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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  • 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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    the territory where Kraków, the capital of Poland until 1596, is located. It was therefore carried by the Standard-bearer of Kraków until that office was...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    The Archaeological Museum of Kraków (Polish: Muzeum Archeologiczne w Krakowie) is a historic museum in Kraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland. It was...
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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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    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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    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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    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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