"<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Sok%C3%B3%C5%82" class="extiw" title="w:en:Sokół">Falcon</a>" Polish "Gymnastic" Society building, 1914-1934 commemorative plaque, 27 Piłsudski street, Kraków, Poland.  Founded in 1867 in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Lw%C3%B3w" class="extiw" title="w:en:Lwów">Lviv</a>, Falcon became a Polish national youth organization guided by the motto of "a healthy mind in a healthy body".<br><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><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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