Similarities and Differences between Cracow and Barcelona
Similarities
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Differences
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Cracow is the second largest city and one of the oldest cities in Poland(Krakow had a recorded population of 754,854 in 2009).
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain(the population-1.628.090 in 2008).
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Cracow is situated on the Vistula River.
Barcelona is located on the Mediterranean between the mouths of rivers Llobregat and Besós.
The climate in Barcelona is warmer than in Cracow.
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Many architectural works in both cities have been designed UNESCO World Heritage Sites. For example, the Old Town in Cracow and Antoni Gaudi and Lluis Domenech Montaner’s buildings.
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Barcelona won the 1999 RIBA Royal Gold Medal for its architecture.
Barcelona is the seventh most important fashion capital in the world. Barcelona hosted the Olympic Games in 1992.
There is the Wawel Castle-the Polish kings’ Castle in Cracow and one of the oldest University in Europe.
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Cracow is the capital of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship and Barcelona is the capital of Catalonia.
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Barcelona is a capital city of autonomous community(Catalonia),Cracow is only seat for the administrative unit of Poland. Cracow used to be a capital of the whole country, Poland(1038-1569) for longer time than Barcelona, which was a capital of Spain only for a few years when the Visigoths conquered the city in the early 5th century.
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Cracow and Barcelona have got a rich cultural heritage and they are cultural-sports centeres and major tourist destinations.
They are also world’s leaders in economic, trade, education, commerce,
entertainment, media, science and
arts.
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Cracow dates back to the 7thcentury, the city has grown from the Stone’s Age settlement.
Barcelona is supposed to be founded in the 3rd century BC.
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They both have got internationals airports.
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Barcelona has got sea ports too.
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The founding and names of Barcelona and Cracow are the subjects of some legends.
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The name of Kraków is traditionally derived from Krakus (Krak, Grakch), the legendary founder of Kraków and a ruler of the tribe of Lechitians (Poles). In Polish, Kraków is an archaic possessive form of Krak and essentially means "Krak's (town)". Krakus's name may derive from "krakula", a Proto-Slavic word meaning a judge's staff, or a Proto-Slavic word "krak" meaning an oak, once a sacred tree most often associated with the concept of genealogy.
The name Barcelona comes from the ancient Iberian Phoenician Barkeno, attested in an ancient coin inscription in Iberian script as in Ancient Greek sources as Βαρκινών, Barkinṓn; and in Latin as Barcino Barcilonum and BarcenoDuring the Middle Ages, the city was variously known as Barchinona, Barçalona, Barchelonaa, and Barchenona.
Some sources say that the city could have been named after the Carthaginian general Hamilcar Barca, who was supposed to have founded the city in the 3rd century BC. |
There are a lot of museums, churches and parks in both cities.
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There are some areas of beaches in Barcelona. One of them was listed as number one in a list of the top ten beach cities in the world.
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Most of the populations in both cities are mainly Roman Catholic.
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Citizens in Barcelona speak mainly Catalan ,in Cracow people speak Polish.
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Public lives were suppressed in both cities during Franco’s coup d’etat in Barcelona and German occupation in Poland.
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Cracow gained independence after the Second World War, Barcelona after the civic war.
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