Old Town of Kraków

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The Old Town of Kraków is a historic medieval city center in southern Poland, renowned for its well-preserved architecture, vibrant Main Market Square, and status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site
historic city center
medieval town
containsInstitution Jagiellonian University buildings
containsReligiousBuilding Church of St. Peter and Paul
Roman Catholic churches
Church of St. Adalbert
surface form: St. Adalbert’s Church
country Poland
formerlySurroundedBy city walls
foundedInCentury 13th century
governingBody City of Kraków authorities
hasFunction commercial center
cultural center
tourist destination
hasPart Barbican (Kraków)
surface form: Barbican of Kraków

Cloth Hall
Collegium Maius
Florian Gate
Main Market Square
Planty Park
Royal Route
Rynek Underground Museum
St. Mary’s Basilica
Town Hall Tower
Wawel Castle in Kraków
surface form: Wawel Castle

Wawel Cathedral
Wawel Hill
hasSquare Main Market Square
hasStreet Floriańska Street
Grodzka Street
heritageDesignation Pomnik historii
surface form: Pomnik historii (Historic Monument of Poland)
knownFor Renaissance and Baroque architecture
cultural heritage
vibrant Main Market Square
well-preserved medieval urban layout
languageUsed Polish
locatedIn Kraków
locatedInPartOf southern Poland
locatedInRegion Lesser Poland Voivodeship
partOf Old Town of Kraków self-linksurface differs
surface form: Historic Centre of Kraków
rebuiltAfter Mongol invasion of Poland
surface form: Mongol invasion of 1241
surroundedBy Planty Park
touristAttraction yes
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (iv)
(vi)
UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion Europe and North America
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1978
urbanLayoutType medieval grid plan

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St. Mary’s Basilica (Kraków) locatedIn Old Town of Kraków
this entity surface form: Old Town, Kraków
St. Mary’s Basilica (Kraków) partOf Old Town of Kraków
this entity surface form: Historic Centre of Kraków (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
Cloth Hall (Sukiennice) locatedInOldTown Old Town of Kraków
this entity surface form: Kraków Old Town
Cloth Hall (Sukiennice) partOf Old Town of Kraków
this entity surface form: Kraków Old Town UNESCO World Heritage Site
Town Hall Tower (Kraków) locatedIn Old Town of Kraków
this entity surface form: Old Town (Kraków)
Town Hall Tower (Kraków) heritageDesignation Old Town of Kraków
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site – Historic Centre of Kraków
Town Hall Tower (Kraków) partOf Old Town of Kraków
this entity surface form: Historic Centre of Kraków
Barbican (Kraków) partOf Old Town of Kraków
this entity surface form: Kraków Old Town
Barbican (Kraków) partOf Old Town of Kraków
this entity surface form: Historic Centre of Kraków
City of Kraków authorities oversees Old Town of Kraków
Royal Route in Kraków passesThrough Old Town of Kraków
this entity surface form: Kraków Old Town
Royal Route in Kraków partOf Old Town of Kraków
this entity surface form: historic center of Kraków
Kraków Główny railway station adjacentTo Old Town of Kraków
this entity surface form: Kraków Old Town
Grodzka Street partOf Old Town of Kraków
Kanonicza Street locatedIn Old Town of Kraków
this entity surface form: Old Town, Kraków
Kanonicza Street partOf Old Town of Kraków
this entity surface form: Historic Centre of Kraków
Kanonicza Street UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteWithin Old Town of Kraków
this entity surface form: Historic Centre of Kraków
Hipolit House locatedIn Old Town of Kraków
this entity surface form: Old Town, Kraków
Szeroka Street near Old Town of Kraków
this entity surface form: Kraków Old Town