Planty Park (Kraków)

Planty is a historic urban park surrounding the Old Town in Kraków, Poland. It was built on the site of the destroyed Medieval defensive walls of the city. The park has an area of 21 ha (52 acres) and a length of 4 km (2.5 mi). It consists of a chain of thirty smaller gardens designed in varied styles and adorned with numerous monuments and fountains. There are over twenty statues of noble historical figures in the park including monuments to Nicolaus Copernicus, Jan Matejko, Queen Jadwiga and King Wladyslaw II Jagiello. There are also several plaques and statues in the park commemorating, among others, Jan Dlugosz, Stanislaw Wyspianski, and the mathematicians Hugo Steinhaus, Stefan Banach and Otto Nikodym. The park forms a scenic walkway popular with Cracovians. Most historic sites of old Kraków are located within the park belt along the Royal Road (Droga Królewska) crossing the park from the medieval suburb of Kleparz – through Florian Gate – at the northern flank of the old city walls. The historic Wawel Castle at the Wawel Hill, adjacent to Vistula River meander, forms the southernmost border of Planty.

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