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Cracow (Kraków)

Cracow (Kraków) is the capital of the Lesser Poland voivodship. It is located in the very center of continental Europe, in the southern part of Poland, on the Vistula River.

Cracow (Kraków) is a city wrapped in legend, where each moment becomes a moment of history.

According to legend, the founder of the city was Prince Krak who defeated a terrifying dragon living in a cave at the foot of Wawel Hill. Upon the advice of the cobbler Skuba, he stuffed a calf skin with sulphur and placed it at the mouth of the dragon's cave.

The dragon, thinking it to be a savoury titbit, gobbled it up only to feel the sulphur burning his innards.

To douse the burning the dragon drank and drank from the Vistula until finally he burst.

According to tradition, a relic of those times is Krak's mound, containing the grave of Kraków's first ruler.

From the economic point of view, Kraków is ranked as the fourth industrial city in the country, with metallurgic, tobacco and pharmaceutical industries dominating.