typical landscape from Lesser Poland Ojcowski National Park
Lesser Poland (Małopolska) is a
region in south-eastern Poland. With more tourist attractions than any other
region in Poland, Lesser Poland has a delightful collection of historical
monuments, religious shrines, beauty spots and resorts. The major destination
for sightseeing is of course Cracow (Krakow), Poland's cultural capital, with
about a quarter of all the country's museum holdings. Some four million pilgrims
come every year to Częstochowa, the country's national shrine, to pray in front
of the holy picture of the Black Madonna at the Monastery of Jasna Góra. Another
great attraction is Wieliczka with its stunning salt mine. The medieval town of
Oświęcim had its peace shattered forever during the Second World War when the
Nazis built a death camp in the neighbourhood and called it Auschwitz. Along the
southern border of Poland lie numerous mountain chains and among them Tatras,
the highest range in Poland.
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