Kraków
Poland's former capital
Kraków is Poland's second-largest city and former royal capital, located in the south along the Vistula River.
Its medieval old town and Jewish quarter survived World War II largely intact, making it a major cultural and tourist destination.
The city is home to one of Europe's oldest universities, Jagiellonian, founded in 1364.
Also spelled Cracow in English.
Filled Central European dumpling
Fortified medieval residence
- dragonLegendary fire-breathing reptile
- cathedralBishop's principal church
- royal residenceMonarch's official home
- fortificationsDefensive barriers against attack
crypts · tapestries · crown jewels · Chakra · throne room · Leonardo da Vinci · limestone · legend
Of the Middle Ages
- RenaissanceEuropean cultural reawakening
- BaroqueOrnate artistic period
- partitionsBarriers dividing a space
- Austro-HungarianFormer Central European empire
UNESCO · Nazi occupation · ghetto · liberation · Solidarity · communist era · preservation · coronation
Those receiving instruction
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- CopernicusRenaissance astronomer, heliocentrism
- librariesPublic book lending institutions
- facultiesInnate powers of mind
doctoral · scholarships · scientific · lectures · campus · academia · institutes · conferences
pierogi
Filled Central European dumpling
castle
Fortified medieval residence
- dragonLegendary fire-breathing reptile
- cathedralBishop's principal church
- royal residenceMonarch's official home
fortifications · crypts · tapestries · crown jewels · Chakra · throne room · Leonardo da Vinci · limestone · legend
medieval
Of the Middle Ages
- RenaissanceEuropean cultural reawakening
- BaroqueOrnate artistic period
- partitionsBarriers dividing a space
Austro-Hungarian · UNESCO · Nazi occupation · ghetto · liberation · Solidarity · communist era · preservation · coronation · Piast dynasty
students
Those receiving instruction
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- CopernicusRenaissance astronomer, heliocentrism
- librariesPublic book lending institutions
faculties · doctoral · scholarships · scientific · lectures · campus · academia · institutes · conferences · alumni
jazz
Improvisational American music genre
- theatreArt of staged performance
- galleriesSpaces for displaying art
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
cabaret · street art · poetry
Dragon's Den
Business investment reality show
- Polish governmentself-government, local council, local authority, regional council, marshal