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View of the Tatras from the castle ruin Grodzisko at Skała Polish Jura, Glove Rock (Skała Rękawica) at Ojców National Park Maczuga Herkulesa. The Kraków-Częstochowa Upland, also known as the Polish Jurassic Highland or Polish Jura (Polish: Jura Krakowsko-Częstochowska), is part of the Jurassic System of south–central Poland, stretching between the cities of Kraków, Częstochowa and ...
The Jasna Góra Monastery (Polish: Jasna Góra [ˈjas.na ˈɡu.ra] ⓘ, Luminous or Light Mountain, Latin: Clarus Mons) in Częstochowa, Poland, is a shrine dedicated to the Virgin Mary and one of the country's places of pilgrimage.
Częstochowa (/ ˌ tʃ ɛ n s t ə ˈ k oʊ v ə / CHEN-stə-KOH-və, [2] [3] Polish: [t͡ʂɛ̃stɔˈxɔva] ⓘ, Silesian: Czynstochowy) is a city in southern Poland on the Warta River with 214,342 inhabitants, making it the thirteenth-largest city in Poland. [1]
A Lusatian culture cemetery from around 750 BC–550 BC is located in Raków and it is now an Archaeological Reserve, a branch of the Częstochowa Museum. [3] It was discovered in 1955. [3] In 1896–1902, the Huta Częstochowa steelworks were built in Raków. Raków soon evolved into an industrial settlement.
Kraków [a] (Polish: ⓘ), also spelled as Cracow [b] or Krakow, [8] is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. [9] 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 100 km (62 mi) radius. [10]
In the north, they reach the line marked by Częstochowa and Kielce. The folklore of the Cracovians inspired several Polish artists, especially in the Young Poland period. Furthermore, Wojciech Bogusławski 's "Krakowiacy i Gorale" , regarded as the first Polish national opera , premiered in Warsaw on 1 March 1794.
Destruction of a Russian cavalry detachment near Wieliczka, southeast of Krakow (painting by Arthur Heyer Main article: Częstochowa-Kraków offensive In early November, the Russians set a goal to reach the approaches of the Carpathian mountains, for this the Częstochowa operation began.
Poster advertising a friendly match between Raków Częstochowa and KKS Częstochowa, 1946. Sports club "Racovia" was established in 1921 in the village of Raków. The club dissolved in 1925 due to lack of registration. In 1927, the club was reactivated under the name of the Robotniczy Klub Sportowy (Workers Sports Club) Raków.