St. Giles’ Church is a Roman-Catholic church in Zakliczyn. The history of the temple dates back to the Middle Ages when the village Opatkowice (now Zakliczyn) belonged to the vast possessions of the Benedictine Abbey in Tyniec. Benedictine monks founded a wooden church there in the 12th century. It was the first church there and
The Zakliczyn Town Hall, Well in the Market Square and St. Florian Statue
The Zakliczyn Town Hall, Well in the Market Square and St. Florian Statue
2020-09-05T23:36:11+02:00The 19th century town hall in Zakliczyn is located in the centre of the market. The brick church and built on the rectangular shape. It represents Classicist architecture with a neo-Gothic element (the portico at the entrance). Now it is a seat of the Public Library and Regional Archives, a cafe and a performance room.
The Zakliczyn Market Square and Wooden Buildings
The Zakliczyn Market Square and Wooden Buildings
2020-09-05T23:35:23+02:00The Market Square in Zakliczyn is large (170 to 100 meters), the second largest one in the voivodship. There is a renovated town hall and several residential tenements (Kamienice). The square is not only an administrative and service centre for the adjacent towns, but also a historic monument. Around the square there are 7 streets
The Zawisza Vineyard
The Zawisza Vineyard
2020-09-05T23:34:52+02:00Vineyard founded in 2003 by Mariusz Chryk, a wine enthusiast whose grandfather managed one of the largest vineyards in pre-war Poland. Mr. Chryk learned the secrets of winemaking in Beaujolais, Germany and Switzerland, finally he decided to start his own vineyard. He found a suitable place for this in his wife’s hometown, on a sunny
The Penderecki Manor with a Park and the European Centre for Music
The Penderecki Manor with a Park and the European Centre for Music
2020-09-05T23:34:16+02:00The village was founded in the 13th century by the German knight Ludpław. In the 16th and 17th centuries it was a center of Polish Brethren. An Arian printing house and a higher school (“Lusławice School”) operated here. In the twenties of the twentieth century, delighted with the local area, Jacek Malczewski established his own
Statue of Saint Florian
Statue of Saint Florian
2020-09-01T22:23:59+02:00St. Florian figure is situated in front of the town hall on the square in Zakliczyn. The building was built in the Classicist style. Four brick columns support the chapel’s roof. Inside the chapel, on a plinth, there is a stone, polychrome figure of St. Florian. St. Florian is traditionally depicted with a vessel from