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KRAKOW AT A GLANCE

Included on the very first UNESCO World by Area section of this book. To help make
Heritage List, Krakow has long been a the most of your stay, the following 12
destination for visitors from all over the pages are a guide to the very best museums
world. Ranging from the remarkably well- and galleries, as well as notable churches,
preserved medieval centre to the museums that Krakow has to offer, with cross-
and synagogues exploring the history of references to full entries included for
Krakow’s Jewish community, there is much each sight. Furthermore, listed below are
to see here, and more than a hundred of ten of the most popular tourist attractions
the city’s sights are described in the Area to start you off.

Krakow’s Top Ten Tourist Attractions

Wawel Royal Castle Kościuszko Mound
See pp72–5. See p173.
Wawel Cathedral
See pp66–71.

Church of St Anne
See pp110–11.
Market Square
See pp100–103.
Church of St Mary
See pp94–7.

Planty
See pp170–71.

Collegium Maius Remu’h Cemetery Cloth Hall
See pp108–9. See pp124–5. See pp104–5.
The splendid Art Nouveau ceiling designed by Stanisław Wyspiański in the Franciscan Church