Skała
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Skała is a town in Kraków County, in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. On December 31, 2010, its population was 3,646.
Saint Nicholas church in Skała
Bolesław V the Chaste
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Bolesław V the Chaste was Duke of Sandomierz in Lesser Poland from 1232 and High Duke of Poland from 1243 until his death, as the last male representative of the Lesser Polish branch of Piasts.
Skała
…retreat from Lesser Poland. Skała received town rights modelled after Środa Śląska on November 10, 1267, due to efforts of Salomea, the sister of duke Boleslaw V the Chaste. The town itself was located in the area of earlier village of Stańków (Stankoy), and became home to a monastery of the Order of Poor Ladies, who came…
Bolesław's effigy on a seal
Bolesław Wstydliwy (1893) by Jan Matejko
A 14th century depiction of the Battle at Legnica against the Mongols.
Battle of Kressenbrunn (1260) during which Bolesław aided the Hungarians under Béla IV against Ottokar II of Bohemia.