Small-Poland

The Small-Poland (English: To injure Poland , Polish Małopolska , Latin Polonia Minor ) is one of the historical areas of Poland. It is the area of Poland more in the south.

Geography

Small Poland occupied the upstream reservoir of the the Vistula and gathers a vast whole of highlands. It included/understood the mounts Holy-Cross, a small portion of the Polish highlands, the valley of Sandomierz and the highlands of Lublin. It is stretched since the Carpathes in the south to the rivers Pilica and Wieprz in north. It is bordered by the Mazovie and the country of Radom in north, the Silesia in the west and the border with Voïvodie ruthene in the east. (a) 1772,

History

Until the Second world war, the area included/understood broad territory of the current Ukraine.

Administration

The main cities of the area are: Cracow and Lwów (today part of the Ukraine), Rzeszów, Częstochowa, Lublin, Kielce, Jaworzno, Dąbrowa Górnicza, Będzin, Sandomierz, Sosnowiec, Tarnów, Krosno, Nowy Sącz, Tarnobrzeg, Sanok, Wieliczka, Bochnia, Radom, Zakopane, Bielsko-Biała, Łuków and Siedlce.

Inheritance

The wood architecture (more particularly, of the churches) of Small-Poland belongs to the World heritage of UNESCO

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