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Map of Kraków Old Town district with the Royal Road marked in red Buildings along the Market Square. Kraków Old Town is the historic central district of Kraków, Poland. [1] It is one of the most famous old districts in Poland today and was the centre of Poland's political life from 1038 until King Sigismund III Vasa relocated his court to Warsaw in 1596.
The Main Square (Polish: Rynek Główny [ˈrɨnɛɡ ˈɡwuvnɨ]) of the Old Town of Kraków, Lesser Poland, is the principal urban space located at the center of the city.. It dates back to the 13th century, and at 3.79 ha (9.4 acres) is sometimes called the largest medieval town square in Europe, [1] [2] but Charles Square in Prague is two times larg
Kraków [a] (Polish: ⓘ), also spelled as Cracow [b] or Krakow, [8] is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. [9] Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 804,237 (2023), with approximately 8 million additional people living within a 100 km (62 mi) radius. [10]
Kraków's historic centre, covering the Old Town, Wawel and Kazimierz, was entered on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 1978. Kraków has the most prominent example of an old town in the country, because for many centuries, Kraków was the royal capital of Poland, until Sigismund III Vasa relocated the court to Warsaw in 1596.
Dzielnica I Stare Miasto (means "District 1 old town") is a district (Polish: dzielnica) of the city of Kraków, Poland. The first administrative district covers a wider area than the Old Town of Kraków itself. Four out of nine subdivisions are forming UNESCO's World Heritage Site "Historic Centre of Kraków".
St. Florian's Gate or Florian Gate (Polish: Brama Floriańska) [1] in Kraków, Poland, is one of the best-known Polish Gothic towers, and a focal point of Kraków's Old Town. It was built about the 14th century as a rectangular Gothic tower of "wild stone", [ 2 ] part of the city fortifications against Tatar attack.
Until the 19th century, a hospital and an old people's home were located on this street. [1] The name Warszauera Street was established in 1908, derived from the surname of Jonathan Warschauer, a physician and social activist of Jewish origin associated with Kraków. Previously, it was called Ubogich Street. [2]
Map of Kraków Old Town district with Royal Road marked in red. The Royal Road or Royal Route (Polish: Droga Królewska, IPA: [ˈdrɔɡa kruˈlɛfska]) in Kraków, Poland, begins at the northern end of the medieval Old Town and continues south through the centre of town towards Wawel Hill, where the old royal residence, Wawel Castle, is located.