1. Cracow, Lesser Poland & Tatry Cracow, Lesser Poland & Tatry By Agata Cieplik, Natalia Naklicka & Monika Zegadło

2. Lesser Poland Little Poland is one of the historical regions of Poland. It forms the southernmost part of the country. Lesser Poland lies in the upper confluence of the Vistula river and covers a large upland, including the Holy Cross Mountains.

3. Cracow

4. Cracow Cracow is one of the oldest and largest cities of Poland. This historic city is situated on the Vistula (Wisła) River at the foot of Wawel Hill in the south of Little Poland. It is the capital of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship. Cracow has traditionally been one of the leading scientific, cultural and artistic centres of the country, the former seat of the Polish kings and national capital, and is considered by many to still be the heart of Poland, due to its history of more than a thousand years. Cracow is also a major centre of local and international tourism, attracting seven million visitors per year. Cracow’s Flag

5. History of Cracow The earliest known settlement on the present site of Cracow was established on Vavel Hill, and dates back to the 4th century. Before the Polish state existed, Cracow was the capital of the tribe of Vistulans, subjugated for a short period by Great Moravia. Cracow's first appearance in historical records dates back to the 8th century, and notes that the prince of the Vistulians was baptized. The first mention of the name dates to 966.

6. Monuments There are many monuments in Cracow. Most of them are on the UNESCO list. -St. Mary’s Church - St. Andrew’s Church -Vavel Hill -Barbican -Cloth Hall - Jagiellonian University St. Andrew’s Church

7. University Monument to Nicolaus Copernicus next to the Jagiellonian University's Collegium Novum (New College) in Kraków. Front of the University Jagiellonian University

8. Vavel Hill The Zygmunt’s Chapel Vavel Cathedra Vavel Dragon Vavel

9. Gothic Altarpiece by Veit Stoss Exterior of the Basilica Interior of the Basilica St. Mary’s Church

10. Cloth Hall Cloth Hall in Cracow

11. Barbican Barbican in Cracow

12. Zakopane Zakopane is a town in southern Poland with approximately 28,000 inhabitants (2004), situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999 (it was previously in Nowy Sącz Voivodeship from 1975-1998). The town, called the Winter capital of Poland, lies in the southern part of the Podhale region at the feet of the Tatra Mountains, which is the only alpine mountain range in the Carpathians.

13. Zakopane - Gubałówka Hill Funicular entrance Zakopane - view from Gubałówka Hill over Zakopane Zakopane - Gubałówka Hill Funicular Zakopane Krupówki Street Zakopane

14. Wieliczka Wieliczka is a town in southern Poland in the Kraków metropolitan area, and situated in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, previously in Kraków Voivodeship. The town was founded in 1290 by Duke Premislas II of Poland. Located under the town of Wieliczka is one of the world's oldest operating salt mines, which has been worked since prehistoric times.

15. Bottom of Kunegunda's Shaft. Da Vinci's The Last Supper, sculpted into the rock salt. Wieliczka Hall Wieliczka Wieliczka

16. Auschwitz-Birkenau Auschwitz, Konzentrationslager Auschwitz- Birkenau, KL Auschwitz, Nazi German Concentration Camp of Auschwitz was the largest of the Nazi German extermination camps, along with a number of concentration camps, comprising three main camps and 40 to 50 sub-camps. Auschwitz is the German name for the nearby town of Oświęcim, situated about 60 kilometers west of Kraków in southern Poland. Beginning in 1940, Nazi Germany built several concentration camps and an extermination camp in the area, which at the time was under German occupation. Gate to Auschwitz

17. Railway tracks to Auschwitz-Birkeunau Auschwitz - indoor The Pope Benedykt XVI in Auschwitz Auschwitz-Birkenau

18. Holy Cross Mountains Świętokrzyskie Mountains (sometimes also known as the Holy Cross Mountains, Góry Świętokrzyskie ) are a mountain range in central Poland, in the vicinity of the city of Kielce. In general they consist of several separate ranges, the highest of which is Łysogóry. The highest peaks are Łysica at 612 metres and Łysa Góra at 593 metres. Together with the Jura Krakowsko-Częstochowska they form a region called the Lesser Poland Uplands (Wyżyna Małopolska).

19. Tatra Mountains The Tatra mountains, Tatras or Tatra (in Polish and Slovak Tatry), constitute a mountain range on the border of Poland and Slovakia, and are the highest section of the Carpathian Mountains. The major part, and all the highest peaks, of the range are situated in Slovakia; the largest mountain lakes can be found in Poland. The highest Tatra peak, at 2655 m, is the Gerlachovský štít,, located in Slovakia. Rysy, at 2499 m, is the highest Polish peak (on the Polish-Slovak border).

20. Mountain stream Morskie Oko (Sea Eye) Cross on the Giewont Mountain Tatra Mountain in winter time Tatra Mountains