Vistulan

Slavic tribe
Also known as: Wiślanie

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Kraków

  • Kraków: Wawel Castle and Wawel Cathedral
    In Kraków: History

    …of the Wiślanie tribe (Vistulans), who occupied Małopolska (Little Poland) until the 10th century. From 988 to 990 Mieszko I, prince of Poland, united the southern and northern territories to form a powerful kingdom, and his son, Bolesław I (the Brave), later made Kraków the seat of a Polish…

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Poland

  • Poland
    In Poland: The early state

    …settlement (castrum) of Gniezno—and the Wiślanie—who lived near Kraków—expanded to bring other tribes under their control.

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