Lesser Poland

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Lesser Poland is a historic region in southern Poland centered around the city of Kraków, known for its rich cultural heritage and significant role in Polish history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region
region of Poland
borders Mazovia
Podlasie
surface form: Podlachia

Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia
surface form: Red Ruthenia

Kresy
surface form: Ruthenia

Silesia
Upper Hungary
contains AuschwitzBirkenau
surface form: Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum

Beskid Sądecki
Beskid Wyspowy
Bochnia Royal Salt Mine
surface form: Bochnia Salt Mine

Kraków County
Ojców National Park
Old Town of Kraków
Pieniny Mountains
Tatra Mountains
Tatra National Park
Wawel Castle in Kraków
surface form: Wawel Castle

Wieliczka Salt Mine Museum
surface form: Wieliczka Salt Mine

Zakopane
country Poland
dominantReligion Roman Catholicism
hasCapital Kraków
historicalCapital Kraków
historicalProvinceOf Kingdom of Poland
surface form: Crown of the Kingdom of Poland
historicalRegionOf Central Europe
historicalSubdivision Kraków Voivodeship
Lublin Voivodeship
Sandomierz Voivodeship
includesPartOf Silesian Voivodeship
Subcarpathian Voivodeship
Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship
knownFor Renaissance architecture
folk traditions
medieval architecture
rich cultural heritage
significant role in Polish history
language Polish
locatedIn southern Poland
majorCity Kraków
Nowy Sącz
Oświęcim
Tarnów
modernAdministrativeCore Lesser Poland Voivodeship
partOf Kingdom of Poland
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
traversedBy Dunajec River
Poprad River
Vistula River

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Silesia (as contested region) borderedBy Lesser Poland
subject surface form: Silesia
Poland historicalRegion Lesser Poland
General Government appliesToJurisdiction Lesser Poland
this entity surface form: southern Poland
West Slavs historicalRegion Lesser Poland
Olkusz hasHistoricalRegion Lesser Poland
Wieliczka historicalRegion Lesser Poland
Wooden Churches of Southern Lesser Poland locatedIn Lesser Poland
this entity surface form: Southern Lesser Poland
Spisz partOf Lesser Poland
this entity surface form: Lesser Poland historical region
Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship partOf Lesser Poland
this entity surface form: Lesser Poland historical region
Tarnów partOf Lesser Poland
Vistula River passesThroughRegion Lesser Poland
Chrzanów historicalRegion Lesser Poland
Nowy Sącz historicalRegion Lesser Poland
Trzebinia locatedInHistoricalRegion Lesser Poland
Bochnia historicalRegion Lesser Poland
Nowy Targ historicalRegion Lesser Poland
Gorlice historicalRegion Lesser Poland
Wadowice historicalRegion Lesser Poland
Oświęcim historicalRegion Lesser Poland
Myślenice historicalRegion Lesser Poland
Pieniny Mountains partOf Lesser Poland
this entity surface form: Małopolska region
Greater Poland contrastedWith Lesser Poland
Duchy of Warsaw historicalRegion Lesser Poland
Włodawa historicalRegion Lesser Poland
Lublin historicalRegion Lesser Poland
Skarżysko-Kamienna historicalRegion Lesser Poland
Rymanów hasHistoricalRegion Lesser Poland
Silesia borderedBy Lesser Poland
Piast dynasty territoryIncludes Lesser Poland
Cloth Hall touristRegion Lesser Poland
Mazovia borderedHistoricalRegion Lesser Poland
Olkusz County region Lesser Poland
Duke Bolesław V the Chaste region Lesser Poland
subject surface form: Bolesław V the Chaste
Ilkenau locatedInHistoricalRegion Lesser Poland
southern Poland containsRegion Lesser Poland
subject surface form: Southern Poland
Henry II the Pious areaOfInfluence Lesser Poland
Leszek II the Black region Lesser Poland
Mongol invasion of Poland location Lesser Poland
St Philip and St James Church in Sękowa heritageRegion Lesser Poland
this entity surface form: Southern Lesser Poland
Sucha Beskidzka railway station connectsWith Lesser Poland
this entity surface form: Lesser Poland region
Gmina Sucha Beskidzka region Lesser Poland