<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Krak%C3%B3w" class="extiw" title="w:en:Kraków">Kraków</a> is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Vistula" class="extiw" title="w:en:Vistula">Vistula River</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Lesser_Poland_Voivodeship" class="extiw" title="w:en:Lesser Poland Voivodeship">Lesser Poland Voivodeship</a>, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 and has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, economic, cultural and artistic life.<br>
The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Adam_Mickiewicz_Monument,_Krak%C3%B3w" class="extiw" title="w:en:Adam Mickiewicz Monument, Kraków">Adam Mickiewicz Monument</a> in Kraków  is one of the best known bronze monuments in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Poland" class="extiw" title="w:en:Poland">Poland</a>, and a favourite meeting place at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Main_Market_Square_in_Krak%C3%B3w" class="extiw" title="w:en:Main Market Square in Kraków">Main Market Square</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Krak%C3%B3w-Stare_Miasto" class="extiw" title="w:en:Kraków-Stare Miasto">the Old Town</a> (Stare Miasto) district of Kraków.<br><span style="color:blue;"><i>The <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Scotch_Mist/Poland" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Scotch Mist/Poland">Scotch Mist Gallery</a> contains many photographs of historic buildings, monuments and memorials of Poland and beyond.</i></span>
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