<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:Stanis%C5%82aw_Wyspia%C5%84ski" class="extiw" title="w:en:Stanisław Wyspiański">Stanisław Wyspiański</a> Monument is located on Kraków’s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:3_May_Constitution_Day" class="extiw" title="w:en:3 May Constitution Day">3 May</a> Avenue. Wyspiański was a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Poles" class="extiw" title="w:en:Poles">Polish</a> playwright, painter and poet, as well as an interior and furniture designer. A patriotic writer, he created a series of symbolic, national dramas within the artistic philosophy of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Young_Poland" class="extiw" title="w:en:Young Poland">Young Poland</a> Movement. Wyspiański was one of the most outstanding and multifaceted artists of his time in Poland under <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Partitions_of_Poland" class="extiw" title="w:en:Partitions of Poland">the foreign partitions</a>.<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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