Plock

Plock is a town on the Vistula River in imperative Poland. It is positioned within the Masovian Voivodeship considering the fact that 1999, having formerly been the capital of the Plock Voivodeship 1975 to 1998. According to the information supplied through GUS on 30 June 2009 there were 126,675 populations inside the city. Its full ceremonial name, consistent with the preamble to the City Statute, is Stoleczne Ksiazece Miasto Plock the Princely or Ducal Capital City of Plock. It is used in ceremonial files as well as for preserving an old culture. Plock is now a capital of the powiat inside the west of the Mazovian Voivodeship.

From 1079 to 1138 it became the first ancient capital of Poland. Its cathedral includes the sarcophagi of a number of Polish monarchs. It is the cultural, instructional, medical and administrative and transportation center of the west and north Masovian area. The vicinity was lengthy inhabited by means of the pagan peoples. In the 10^th century, fortified vicinity changed into hooked up high of the Vistula River's bank. This place turned into at a junction of transport and routes and was strategic for centuries.