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Krakow's Nowa Huta
Socialist in form, fascinating in content
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Oprawa: Miękka ze skrzydełkami
Opis
Józef Friedlein, mayor of Kraków in the early 20th century, had the custom of doing a circuit of the whole town of King Krak on foot. It was not a difficult task. The town, with a large population, hemmed in by the Austrian fortifications, occupied merely an area of 8 square kilometres, out of which over 1 square kilometre was occupied by the Błonia. This huge meadow in the middle of the town served as a field airport, as well as fodder reserve for cavalry, which enjoyed a rather high status in those days. He who wished to live outside the ramparts, had to pay customs duty for entering the town, and, he was also forced to sign so-called ?demolition bond?, which obliged him to demolish his buildings, at his own expense, at each demand of the army. Therefore very few people were keen on investing outside the present centre of the town. A hundred years earlier, at the beginning of the 18th century, Kraków was suffocating within its mediaeval city walls, overlaid with the present-day line of the Planty park,
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Krakow's Nowa Huta
Podtytuł
Socialist in form, fascinating in content
Autor
Miezian Maciej
Wydawnictwo
Wydanie
1
Rok wydania
2004
Oprawa
Miękka ze skrzydełkami
Ilość stron
130
Format
15x15cm
Języki
angielski
ISBN
8389676125
Rodzaj
Książka
EAN
9788389676122
Kraj produkcji
PL
Producent
Helion SA
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