The city of Kraków uses a coat of arms, a seal, official colors, a flag, and a banner as its official symbols. Additionally, a number of semi-official and unofficial symbols of the city are also used.
An 1833 medal with the coat of arms of Kraków
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The Free, Independent, and Strictly Neutral City of Cracow with its Territory, more commonly known as the Free City of Cracow, and the Republic of Cracow, was a city republic created by the Congress of Vienna in 1815, which included the Polish city of Cracow and its surrounding areas.
Granting of the constitution of the Free City of Kraków, 1815–1818. (Painting from the mid-19th century).
Galician slaughter (Polish "Rzeź galicyjska") by Jan Lewicki (1795–1871).
Stanisław Wodzicki [pl], first President of the Senate 1815–1831.