Lesser Poland

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historical region region of Poland

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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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Lesser Poland historical region 2
Southern Lesser Poland 2
Małopolska region 1

Statements (50)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (28)

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

this entity surface form: southern Poland
subject surface form: Silesia
Greater Poland → contrastedWith → Lesser Poland ⓘ
Olkusz → hasHistoricalRegion → Lesser Poland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Lesser Poland
Bochnia → historicalRegion → Lesser Poland ⓘ
Chrzanów → historicalRegion → Lesser Poland ⓘ
Duchy of Warsaw → historicalRegion → Lesser Poland ⓘ
Gorlice → historicalRegion → Lesser Poland ⓘ
Lublin → historicalRegion → Lesser Poland ⓘ
Myślenice → historicalRegion → Lesser Poland ⓘ
Nowy Sącz → historicalRegion → Lesser Poland ⓘ
Nowy Targ → historicalRegion → Lesser Poland ⓘ
Oświęcim → historicalRegion → Lesser Poland ⓘ
Poland → historicalRegion → Lesser Poland ⓘ
Skarżysko-Kamienna → historicalRegion → Lesser Poland ⓘ
Wadowice → historicalRegion → Lesser Poland ⓘ
West Slavs → historicalRegion → Lesser Poland ⓘ
Wieliczka → historicalRegion → Lesser Poland ⓘ
Włodawa → historicalRegion → Lesser Poland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Lesser Poland
Trzebinia → locatedInHistoricalRegion → Lesser Poland ⓘ
Pieniny Mountains → partOf → Lesser Poland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Małopolska region
Spisz → partOf → Lesser Poland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lesser Poland historical region
Tarnów → partOf → Lesser Poland ⓘ
Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship → partOf → Lesser Poland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lesser Poland historical region
Vistula River → passesThroughRegion → Lesser Poland ⓘ