Wieliczka
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Wieliczka is a historic town in southern Poland best known for its UNESCO-listed medieval salt mine, one of the country’s major tourist attractions.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
municipality
→
town → |
| administrativeStatus | seat of Gmina Wieliczka → |
| climate | temperate continental climate → |
| country | Poland → |
| distanceFrom | about 13 km southeast of Kraków city center → |
| economy |
light industry
→
services → tourism → |
| foundedInCentury | 13th century → |
| governingBody |
Wieliczka
→
surface form: "Gmina Wieliczka"
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| hasCulturalInstitution | Wieliczka Salt Mine Museum → |
| hasLandmark |
Wieliczka
→
surface form: "Church of St Clement in Wieliczka"
Saltworks Castle (Zamek Żupny) → St Kinga’s Chapel (in the salt mine) → Wieliczka →
surface form: "Wieliczka Market Square"
Wieliczka →
surface form: "Wieliczka Salt Mine"
|
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://www.wieliczka.eu/ → |
| hasPopulation | approximately 20000–25000 inhabitants → |
| hasTwinTown |
Bergkamen
→
Ciechocinek → Litovel → Râmnicu Vâlcea → Saint-André-lez-Lille → Forte dei Marmi →
surface form: "Sesto Fiorentino"
|
| heritageStatus |
UNESCO World Heritage Site
→
surface form: "UNESCO World Heritage Site (via Wieliczka Salt Mine)"
|
| historicalRegion | Lesser Poland → |
| knownFor |
Wieliczka
→
surface form: "Wieliczka Salt Mine"
historic salt mining → tourism → |
| language | Polish → |
| locatedIn |
Lesser Poland Voivodeship
→
southern Poland → |
| locatedNear | Kraków → |
| nearbyRiver | Wilga River → |
| partOf | Kraków County → |
| postalCodeCountry | PL → |
| receivedTownRights | 13th century → |
| timeZone |
Central European Summer Time
→
Central European Time → |
| touristAttraction |
salt sculptures
→
underground chapels carved in salt → underground salt chambers → |
| transportConnection |
railway connection to Kraków
→
road links to Kraków → |
| UNESCOListingYear | 1978 (via Wieliczka Salt Mine) → |
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Wieliczka Salt Mine"
this entity surface form: "Gmina Wieliczka"
this entity surface form: "Wieliczka Salt Mine"
this entity surface form: "Wieliczka Market Square"
this entity surface form: "Church of St Clement in Wieliczka"
this entity surface form: "Wieliczka Salt Mine"
subject surface form: "Saltworks Castle"
subject surface form: "St Kinga’s Chapel"