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Historic Krakow

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June 2nd 2015
Geo: 50.0553, 19.9274I spent the day touring the beautiful and very welcoming city of Krakow. As Polish history is not something I know much about, I thought I would start with some background on the area. According to one of my guidebooks, Krakow had it's first settlement back around 50,000 BC, but the first written record of its name dates to 966. Krakow was once the capital of Poland a ... read more

Europe » Poland

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Poland is an ancient nation that was conceived near the middle of the 10th century. Its golden age occurred in the 16th century. During the following century, the strengthening of the gentry and internal disorders weakened the nation. In a series of ... ... read more