Kraków is the second largest and oldest city in Poland, located on the Vistula River. It has historically been a center of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life as well as an economic hub. Kraków has grown from a Stone Age settlement to Poland's second most important city, with a population of around 760,000 people and 8 million within 100 km. It has been the capital of Poland multiple times throughout history and contains many beautiful historic buildings and places, including the Old Town, St. Mary's Church, Cloth Hall, and Wawel Castle.

1. KRAKÓW
POLAND'S CULTURAL CAPITAL

2. Kraków ( also
Cracow or Krakow)
is the second largest
and one of the oldest
cities in Poland.
Situated on
the Vistula River
in the Lesser
Poland region, the
city dates back to
the 7th
century.
Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centers
of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life and is one o
f Poland's most important economic hubs.

3. It was the capital of Poland from 1038 to 1569;
the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from
1569 to 1596; Free City of Kraków from 1815
to 1846; the Grand Duchy of Cracow from
1846 to 1918; and Kraków Voivodeship from
the 14th century to 1999.
It is now the capital of the Lesser Poland
Voivodeship.

4. The city has grown from
a Stone Age settlement
to Poland's second most
important city. It began
as a hamlet on Wawel Hill
and was already being
reported as a busy trading
centre of Slavonic Europe
in 965. With the
establishment of new
universities and cultural
venues at the emergence
of the Second Polish
Republic in 1918 and
throughout the 20th
century, Kraków
reaffirmed its role as a
major national academic
and artistic centre

5. The city has a population of approximately 760,000
whereas about 8 million people live within a 100 km radius
of its main square.
In 1978, UNESCO
approved the first
ever sites for its new
World Heritage List,
including the entire
Old Town in
inscribing Cracow's
Historic Centre.
Kraków is classified
as a global city by
GaWC, with the
ranking of High
sufficiency.

6. Beautiful historic buildings and places…
Old Town
- Market Square

7. Church of Our Lady
Assumed into Heaven
(St. Mary's Church)
adjacent to the Main
Market Square

8. Renaissance Cloth Hall
(Sukiennice) in Main
Market Square

9. Florian Gate

10. Barbican
of Kraków
(Barbakan)

11. Juliusz Slowacki Theatre

12. Jagiellonian University
Collegium Maius

13. Wawel
Castle

14. Wawel Cathedral

15. Authors:
Paulina Czamara
Judyta Szpunar
Justyna Parys
Tomasz Gołąbek
Dawid Goclan
Alicja Pazder
Angelika Łącz
Sylwia Kupiec
Milena Markiewicz
Marianna Cyma
Karolina Pakulska
Weronika Wojdacz