Showing posts with label Kraków. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kraków. Show all posts

Kraków

August 31, 2025

Kraków’s Rynek Główny (Central Square) is the nerve centre of the city’s medieval Old Town. Forever a hive of activity, this 40,000 square foot medley of café’s, museums, clubs, pubs, music bars, souvenir shops, historical landmarks, hotels and hostels, is punctuated with some of the most magnificent middle age architecture the city has to offer.

Unesco: Historic Centre of Kraków
Many thanks Gian Luca and Rafaella!
Date: August 11

Kraków

September 04, 2012

This card shows Main Market in Kraków, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The historic centre of Kraków, the former capital of Poland, is situated at the foot of the Royal Wawel Castle. The 13th-century merchants' town has Europe's largest market square and numerous historical houses, palaces and churches with their magnificent interiors.

Thanks a lot for the swap Alicja!
Unesco: Historic Centre of Kraków

Saints Peter and Paul Church, Kraków

January 23, 2012

A card from Poland, Kraków showing 2 churches!
The Church of Sts. Peter and Paul, a Baroque Jesuit church known best for the statues of the 12 Apostles lining the fence at the front. Right next door is an older and more austere church, the Romanesque Church of St. Andrew.
Kraków is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland, situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region.

Unesco: Historic Centre of Kraków
Distance: 1,104 km (686 miles)
Travel time: 10 days