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Wola Justowska
Wola Justowska is an area belonging to Zwierzyniec District Nº. VII of Kraków, Poland. It was previously a village known as Wola Chełmska until the 16th century. It became part of metropolitan Kraków in 1941. See also * Districts of Kraków The city of Kraków is divided into 18 administrative districts, each with a degree of autonomy within the municipal government. The Polish name for such a district is ''dzielnica''. The oldest neighborhoods of Kraków were incorporated into the ... References {{Kraków-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willa Decjusza, 2009
Willa is a feminine given name. Notable people and characters with the name include: * Willa or Guilla of Provence (died before 924), early medieval Frankish queen * Willa of Tuscany (died 970), queen consort of Berengar II of Italy * Willa Brown (1906–1992), African-American pioneering aviator, lobbyist, teacher and civil rights activist * Willa Cather (1873–1947), American novelist and writer * Willa McGuire Cook (1928–2017), American three-time world and 18-time national water skiing champion * Willa Fitzgerald (born 1991), American actress * Willa Ford, stage name of American singer, songwriter and actress Amanda Lee Williford (born 1981) * Willa Holland (born 1991), American actress and model * Willa Kim (Wullah Mei Ok Kim; 1917–2016), American costume designer for stage, dance and film * Willa Muir (1890–1970), Scottish novelist, essayist and translator * Willa O'Neill (born 1973), New Zealand actress * Willa Beatrice Player (1909–2003), African-American educator, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zwierzyniec, Kraków
Zwierzyniec is one of 18 districts of Kraków, located in the western part of the city. The name ''Zwierzyniec'' comes from a village of same name that is now a part of the district. According to the Central Statistical Office data, the district's area is and 20 454 people inhabit Zwierzyniec. History The oldest preserved buildings in Zwierzyniec are the Church of the Holy Salvatore consecrated in 1148 and the Norbertine convent, probably consecrated in 1181. The history of Zwierzyniec is closely connected with the convent. In the 13th century, three Tartar invasions are documented, in 1241, 1259 and 1287, which plundered Zwierzyniec and burnt down the monastery. The monastery and Zwierzyniec were burnt down again in 1527 and in 1587, during the siege of Krakow by the army of Archduke Maximilian Habsburg, who wanted to occupy Krakow against his rival, Sigismund III Vasa. The latter's supporter, Jan Zamoyski, in order to prevent the Austrians from gaining a foothold in the sub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Numero Sign
The numero sign or numero symbol, (also represented as Nº, No̱, No., or no.), is a Typography, typographic abbreviation of the word ''number''(''s'') indicating Ordinal numeral, ordinal numeration, especially in names and titles. For example, using the numero sign, the written long-form of the address "Number 29 Acacia Road" is shortened to "№ 29 Acacia Rd", yet both forms are spoken long. Typographically, the numero sign combines as a single Orthographic ligature, ligature the uppercase Latin letter with a usually superscript lowercase O, letter , sometimes underlined, resembling the masculine ordinal indicator . The ligature has a code point in Unicode as a precomposed character, . The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' derives the numero sign from Latin , the Ablative case, ablative form of ("number", with the ablative denotations of "by the number, with the number"). In Romance languages, the numero sign is understood as an abbreviation of the word for "number", e.g. Ital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 (2023), with approximately 8 million additional people living within a radius. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596, and has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life. Cited as one of Europe's most beautiful cities, its Kraków Old Town, Old Town was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1978, one of the world's first sites granted the status. The city began as a Hamlet (place), hamlet on Wawel Hill and was a busy trading centre of Central Europe in 985. In 1038, it became the seat of King of Poland, Polish monarchs from the Piast dynasty, and subsequently served as the centre of administration under Jagiellonian dynasty, Jagiellonian kings and of the Polish–Lithuan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukraine to the east, Slovakia and the Czech Republic to the south, and Germany to the west. The territory has a varied landscape, diverse ecosystems, and a temperate climate. Poland is composed of Voivodeships of Poland, sixteen voivodeships and is the fifth most populous member state of the European Union (EU), with over 38 million people, and the List of European countries by area, fifth largest EU country by area, covering . The capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city is Warsaw; other major cities include Kraków, Wrocław, Łódź, Poznań, and Gdańsk. Prehistory and protohistory of Poland, Prehistoric human activity on Polish soil dates to the Lower Paleolithic, with continuous settlement since the end of the Last Gla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts Of Kraków
The city of Kraków is divided into 18 administrative districts, each with a degree of autonomy within the municipal government. The Polish name for such a district is ''dzielnica''. The oldest neighborhoods of Kraków were incorporated into the city before the late 18th century. They include the Old Town (''Kraków - Stare Miasto, Stare Miasto''), once contained within the Florian Gate, city defensive walls and now encircled by the Planty Park, Planty park; the Wawel, which is the site of the Royal Castle and the Wawel Cathedral, Cathedral; Stradom and Kazimierz, the latter originally divided into Christian and Jewish quarters; as well as the ancient town of Kleparz. Major districts added in the 19th and 20th centuries include Podgórze, which until 1915 was a separate town on the southern bank of the Vistula, and Nowa Huta, east of the city centre, built after World War II and incorporated into the city in 1951. Between 1951 and 1973 the city was divided into six districts: Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
