6. POLISH
CAPITAL
The first settlements arising in
today's capital included the
Bródno (ninth / tenth century)
Kamion(1065?), Jazdów (XII /
XIII century). After the capture
and destruction of vehicles by
the army of Mindaugas, before
1294, Duke Boleslaw II of
Mazovia Płock founded new
village Warszów. Which is an
important center for fishing and
trading settlement at the
beginning of the fourteenth
century was one of the seats of
the Dukes of Mazovia, and since
1413 years the capital of this
region. Earlier, around 1300
were located Old Town. New
Town was founded in the late
7. KRAKOW
Krakow (Cracovia Latin, German Krakau) -
a city with county rights in southern Poland,
the seat of the province of Malopolska, the
second in the country in terms of
population [1] [4] and in terms of the
surface [1].
8.
The Wieliczka Salt Mine, located
in the town of Wieliczka in
southern Poland, lies within the
Krakówmetropolitan area. Opened
in the 13th century, the mine
produced table salt continuously
until 2007, as one of the world's
oldest salt mines in operation.
Throughout, the royal mine was run
by the Żupy krakowskie Salt Mines
company.[1][2]
Commercial mining was
discontinued in 1996, because of
salt prices going down and also
mine flooding.[1][2] The mine is
currently one of Poland's official
national Historic Monuments (
SLAT MINE
IN WIELICZKA
