🏛️ Historic Centre of Kraków

Poland · Europe · Cultural · 50.06°N, 19.94°E

Kraków, officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 816,614 (2025), with 1,428,363 people living in the Kraków metropolitan area. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 and has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish economic, academic, cultural, and artistic life. Its Old Town was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1978, one of the world's first sites granted the status.

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Quick facts

Country	Poland
Continent / region	Europe
List type	🏛️ Cultural heritage site
Coordinates (approx.)	50.06°N, 19.94°E · view on map

Historic Centre of Kraków is a cultural World Heritage site in Poland, in Europe. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Historic Centre of Kraków was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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