Cracow

Cracow, also Kraków, is a city in Poland in the historical and geographic region of Galicia, the old capital of Poland, where the old Polish kings were buried, and the cathedral of which contains the graves of the most illustrious of the heroes of the country and Thorwaldsen's statue of Christ. A large proportion of the inhabitants were Jews, but during the World War II (1939 – 1945) the newly defined Distrikt Krakau became the seat of Nazi Germany's General Government. The Jewish population was forced into the Kraków Ghetto, a walled zone from where they were sent to Nazi extermination camps. Now, the Old Town and historic centre of Kraków, along with the nearby Wieliczka Salt Mine, are the first World Heritage Sites of the country.

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Cradle, Cradle Mountain, Craft, Craigenputtock, Crail