Kraków - Stare Miasto

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**Cracow's Historic Centre**^a
**UNESCO World Heritage Site**

State Party	Poland
Type	Cultural
Criteria	iv
Identification	#29
Region^b	Europe and North America
Inscription History
Formal Inscription:	1978 2nd Session
a Name as officially inscribed on the WH List b As classified officially by UNESCO

Stare Miasto (English: Old Town District) refers to the central historical district of Kraków. It is the most prominent example of an old town district in all of Poland, with Kraków being the original capital of the country.

The features of Kraków Stare Miasto include Rynek Główny, or Main Square - the largest medieval town square of any European city ^[1] - with numerous historic churches such as Kościół Mariacki (St. Mary's Basilica) and other national treasures like Sukiennice (Cloth Hall, currently housing gift shops, restaurants and merchant stalls, with the National Gallery of Art upstairs), Town Hall Tower, the Barbakan (anglicized form Barbican, a defense tower once part of a comprehensive network of fortifications encircling the city - next to Florian Gate), and Wawel Castle, the former seat of Polish kings which overlooks the Vistula river.

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^ Rick Steves' Europe Through the Back Door.

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Culture of Kraków

[edit] External links

Krakow/Old City travel guide from Wikitravel

Kraków
Districts: Stare Miasto \| Grzegórzki \| Prądnik Czerwony \| Prądnik Biały \| Łobzów \| Bronowice \| Bieńczyce \| Zwierzyniec \| Dębniki \| Łagiewniki \| Swoszowice \| Wola Duchacka \| Prokocim-Bieżanów \| Podgórze \| Czyżyny \| Mistrzejowice \| Grębałów \| Nowa Huta Tourist attractions: Kazimierz \| Jagiellonian University \| Sigismund Bell \| Smok Wawelski \| St. Mary's Basilica \| Wawel