Planty Park (Kraków)
Planty is one of the largest city parks in Kraków, Poland. It encircles the Kraków Old Town, Stare Miasto (''Old Town''), where History of Poland in the Middle Ages, the Medieval Defensive wall, city walls used to stand until the early 19th century. The historic Old Town is not to be confused with the Districts of Kraków#Stare Miasto, Administrative District No. 1 Stare Miasto extending further east. The park has an area of and a length of . It consists of a chain of thirty smaller gardens designed in varied styles and adorned with numerous monuments and fountains. There are over twenty statues of noble historical figures in the park including monuments to Nicolaus Copernicus, Jan Matejko, Queen Jadwiga and King Wladyslaw II Jagiello. There are also several plaques in the park commemorating, among others, Jan Dlugosz and Stanislaw Wyspianski. And of famous Polish Mathematician Hugo Steinhaus, Stefan Banach and Otto Nikodym. The park forms a scenic walkway popular with Craco ...
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Planty Park, Autumn, Old Town, Krakow, Poland
Planty may refer to: * Planty Park, a city park in Kraków, Poland *Planty, Podlaskie Voivodeship (north-east Poland) * Planty, Aube, France {{geodis ...
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