CRACOW-the
capital of Poland until the end of the sixteenth century, Cracow has been superseeded
by Warsaw, and is now the fourth largest city in the country, but is often still
referred to as the country's cultural capital. The world-renowned Jagellonian
University, Wawel Castle and one of Europe's largest market squares are all contained
in one of the best-preserved medieval city centres in Europe. The largely unspoilt
Old Town has now been declared a World Heritage Site. Laid out in 1257, the Rynek
Glowny (Main Market Square) is one of the largest medieval market squares in Europe
- the centrepiece of a town plan which was, and remains, a remarkable piece of
town planning. The grid-like pattern of streets surrounded by a tree-lined pedestrian
avenue (Once the limit of the city walls), makes it easy even today to walk around
the city. To the south, and connected to the Market Square by the long, straight
Grodzka street, lies Wawel Castle, the seat of Polish kings from the eleventh
to the early seventeenth century (http://www.cracow-life.com/info/info.php)
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