Kraków Gate () is one of the few rock gates in
Ojców National Park
Ojców National Park () is a national park in Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland, established in 1956. It takes its name from the village of Ojców, where it also has its headquarters. Chopin visited Ojców in 1829.
It ...
. It is in the Valley of the
Pradnik and closes the outlet of the
Cracow Gorge Gateway to the valley. It is a classic example of the gates of rock. The name derives from the fact that once led the way trade route from
Kraków
, officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the List of cities and towns in Poland, second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 804,237 ...
to
Silesia
Silesia (see names #Etymology, below) is a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within Poland, with small parts in the Czech Silesia, Czech Republic and Germany. Its area is approximately , and the population is estimated at 8, ...
.
In 1928, it was laid on the memorial plaque on the occasion of the construction of a new road from Krakow to Ojcow, running the bottom of the Pradnik Valley, but because of the protests of environmentalists, array removed in 1935.
Bibliography
* ''Dolinki Podkrakowskie. Mapa turystyczna'' 1:25 000. Kraków: Wyd. Compass, 2006. .
* Józef Partyka: ''Ojcowski Park Narodowy: przewodnik turystyczny. Warszawa: Sport i Turystyka Muza SA'', 2006. .
Rock formations of Poland
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