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Malopolskie Travel Guide
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Europe : Central Europe : Poland : Malopolskie
Małopolskie Vovoidship [1] is a region in Poland.
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Regions
Cities
- Kraków
- Nowy Sącz
- Tarnów
- Zakopane
- Szczawnica
- Bochnia
- Wieliczka
- Oświęcim
- Kalwaria Zebrzydowska
- Krzeszowice
- Limanowa
Other destinations
UNESCO World Heritage sites
- Old Town and Wawel Castle in Kraków - after the ancient Kraków was destroyed by the Tatars in 1241, Boleslaus IV located the new town in the current shape with the Main Market and the straight streets. Many fine buildings, museums, theatres and restaurants are situated there.
- Wieliczka Salt Mine (actually in nearby Kraków) - the oldest still existing enterprise worldwide, founded more than 700 years ago. Once, it made the Polish kings very rich, as salt was the expensive white gold. 4.5 km of nearly 400 km of the mine can be visited. The tourist route shows the most beautiful halls and salt pieces of art made by the miners throughout the centuries.
- Auschwitz German Nazi Concentration Camp (near Krakow) - while occupying Poland, the German Nazis established the concentration camp in 1940 for Polish prisoners. From 1942 to 1945 it became the centre of the Holocaust on the European Jews.
- Southern Little Poland (Małopolska near Krakow) wooden churches in the Carpathian mountains from the Middle Ages. One of the most beautiful is in Dębno at Lake Czorsztyn
- Kalwaria Zebrzydowska (near Kraków) - monastry in the Beskids from 1600 with a Baroque way of the Cross in the mountains
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