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Krakow's Rynek
Glowny, the city's huge central square at the heart of the
Old Town historic district.
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Wawel Hill with the
Wawel
Royal Castle and the Wawel Cathedral (view across Wisla river).
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The Skalka
Sanctuary on the Wisla riverbank near the Wawel
Hill dates back to 1079 but its Baroque church and
monastery are respectively of the mid 18th and the 17th
centuries.
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The
13th-century Town Hall Tower in the Rynek Glowny central
square is 70 meters tall.
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Interior
of the Gothic church of St. Catherine (Kosciol Sw. Katarzyny)
of the 14th century, popular venue for concerts of classical music.
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Krakow’s famous Christmas
cribs are colorful, ingenious structures - richly decorated and brightly
illuminated.
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The
traditional August folk festival on Krakow's
Rynek Glowny central square.
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The neo-Gothic
Collegium Novum building of 1887, 24 Golebia street at the Planty
ring of gardens, the Jagiellonian
University's headquarters.
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Krakow's
Christmas
markets take place at the central Rynek
Glowny immense square from the late November through the
early January.
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Street
artist a.k.a. 'White Lady', who over a decade ago
pioneered that now popular trade, often performs by the
13th-century church of the Virgin Mary.
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From
spring to autumn Krakow restaurants
flood sidewalks all over the Old Town
historic district.
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Krakow's
state-of-the-art sport facilities for white-water canoeing rank with
best ones in Europe.
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St. Margaret’s
wooden chapel of 1690 in Krakow's Salwator district.
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In
winter Krakow's fountains, like this
one in a Planty garden, spout light
and resound with classical music.
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St.
Norbert's convent in Krakow's Zwierzyniec historic
district dates back to the 12th century.
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Krakow's Old
Synagogue, one of seven historic
synagogues in the former Kazimierz Jewish quarter, dates from
1570.
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'Schindler's
Factory', i.e. Emalia plant run by Oskar Schindler from 1939
to 1944. Now under refurbishment.
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'Chairs',
memorial to the Jewish victims of the Krakow
ghetto, on the Plac Bohaterow Getta.
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In
the environs of Krakow
Top
day-trip destinations of excursions from Krakow
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Wieliczka
Salt Mine where 9 centuries
of mining resulted in subterranean world of labyrinthine
passages, giant caverns, underground lakes and
chapels with sculptures in in the salt rocks. 11 km from
Krakow's center.
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Sanctuary
of Kalawria Zabrzydowska, a UNESCO
World Heritage site, dates from the early 17th century and
is Europe's largest Calvary complex. 33 km from downtown
Krakow.
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Tatry
(Tatras, the Tatra Mountains), Poland's equivalent of
Alps, stretch 120 km south of Krakow. The photo shows Czarny
Staw (Black Pond), the austere sister lake of nearby glamorous
Morskie Oko, a must-see in the Tatra National Park.
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