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Chęciny
The two round towers on a limestone ridge above Chęciny are visible from the S7 expressway long before the exit. Chęciny Castle is a royal stronghold from the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries that resisted capture for more than 250 year…
Mountains & peaks
Chęciny
Miedzianka (pronounced roughly "myeh-JAN-kah", from the Polish word for copper) is a rocky limestone ridge, 354 m (1,161 ft) high, in the Świętokrzyskie (Holy Cross) Mountains of south-central Poland. Its summit offers a full 360-degree vi…
Churches & monasteries
Chęciny
The Franciscans came to Chęciny in 1368 at the invitation of King Casimir the Great and, with a long break, are still here. In between, their friary burned, served as a Protestant church, spent more than a century as a prison and, under co…
Churches & monasteries
Chęciny
St Bartholomew's Church stands at the foot of the castle hill and can be seen clearly from the castle walls. It is the parish church of a royal town, linked with King Władysław the Short and Casimir the Great, and for several decades it wa…
Museums
Chęciny
The Tokarnia open-air museum (Tokarnia is pronounced roughly "toh-KAR-nyah"), officially the Ethnographic Park of the Museum of the Kielce Countryside, is one of the largest heritage villages in Poland. Spread over more than 65 hectares in…