Krakow
About Krakow
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 804,237 (2023), 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 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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Krakow's dragon statue was first put up in 1972 and was made to breathe fire like a flamethrower every five minutes or so.
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More facts about Krakow
In the medieval legend of Krakow, a dragon lived under the hill eating virgins until a cobbler killed it by filling a sheepskin with sulphur.
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Some bones hang in Krakow that must never be taken down, because of the idea that if they fall the world will end, so they are hung by chains that are constantly checked.
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Krakow's St Mary's Church is famous for having two towers of slightly different heights.
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Sigismund III moved the capital of Poland away from Krakow to Warsaw.
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