Skała

Skała is a town in Kraków County, in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. On December 31, 2010, its population was 3,646.

Skala is one of the oldest towns in Lesser Poland. In the early 13th century, it was a defensive gord, known as Scala and Magna Schala. Its name (the Polish word skała means rock in English) probably comes from a rocky hill above the Pradnik river valley.