Balice Airport has been recognised as one of the most important infrastructure and economic institutions in Krak\u00f3w and the entire Ma\u0142opolska region. The \u201cCracoviae Merenti\u201d medal is awarded by the City Council upon the recommendation of the Medal Committee in recognition of outstanding service to the city. The airport was honoured for its achievements and its significance for the development of Krak\u00f3w and the region. As early as the late 19th century, one of the first airports on Polish soil was operating in Rakowice. Following the restoration of independence in 1918, Krak\u00f3w Airport was the first to be taken over by the Polish authorities, becoming a key centre for the development of civil aviation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe achievements of John Paul II Krak\u00f3w\u2013Balice International Airport Ltd., its significance for the development of Krak\u00f3w, the region and the country, as well as its lasting contribution to building a positive image of the Municipality of Krak\u00f3w in Poland and worldwide, fully justify honouring the company with the bronze \u201cCracoviae Merenti\u201d medal on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of its operations\u201d \u2013 this is the justification given in the resolution awarding the \u201cCracoviae Merenti\u201d bronze medal to Krak\u00f3w Airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The International Cultural Centre has also had the pleasure of collaborating with Krak\u00f3w International Airport. Among other things, the company sponsored the second edition of the ICC\u2019s publication \u201cKrak\u00f3w: History and Art\u201d. We offer our warmest congratulations on receiving the prestigious \u201cCracoviae Merenti\u201d award!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The \u201cCracoviae Merenti\u201d Medal is the city\u2019s highest honour, alongside the title of honorary citizenship of the city of Krak\u00f3w. It is awarded not only to individuals but also to organisations and institutions. Recipients have included the Museum of Krak\u00f3w, the Academy of Fine Arts, the Wawel Royal Castle, and the Cracovia and Wis\u0142a sports clubs. The medal is awarded in three variants: gold, silver and bronze. The first recipient of the gold medal was John Paul II \u2013 since then, it has been awarded exclusively to institutions. To date, 7 gold medals, 36 silver medals (the first of which was awarded to Krzysztof Penderecki) and 44 bronze medals (the first of which was awarded to Kazimierz Fugiel) have been presented.
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The decision to award the medal is made by the Krak\u00f3w City Council, upon the recommendation of the Medal Committee, which comprises: the Mayor of Krak\u00f3w, who chairs the committee; the Rector of the Jagiellonian University; and the Director of the National Museum in Krak\u00f3w.
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Photo: Piotr Wojnarowski (courtesy of the \u201cMagical Krak\u00f3w\u201d Municipal Information Platform)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
On 21 September, during the 60th ceremonial session of the Krak\u00f3w City Council, the John Paul II Krak\u00f3w-Balice International Airport was awarded the bronze \u201cCracoviae Merenti\u201d medal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":36377,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[130,112],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-bez-kategorii"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mck.krakow.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mck.krakow.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mck.krakow.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mck.krakow.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mck.krakow.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36379"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mck.krakow.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36445,"href":"https:\/\/mck.krakow.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36379\/revisions\/36445"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mck.krakow.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mck.krakow.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mck.krakow.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mck.krakow.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}