Old Town (polish: Stare Miasto) refers to the central historical district of Kraków. It is the most prominent example of an old town district in all of Poland, with Kraków being the original capital of the country.

The features of Kraków Stare Miasto include Rynek Główny, or Main Square - the largest medieval town square of any European city - with numerous historic churches such as Kościół Mariacki (St. Mary's Basilica) and other national treasures like Sukiennice (Cloth Hall, currently housing gift shops, restaurants and merchant stalls, with the National Gallery of Art upstairs), Town Hall Tower, the Barbakan (anglicized form Barbican, a defense tower once part of a comprehensive network of fortifications encircling the city - next to Florian Gate), and Wawel Castle, the former seat of Polish kings which overlooks the Vistula river.

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