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Czerna
Until 1805, ordinary worshippers were not allowed into this monastery: Czerna was a hermitage of the Discalced Carmelites, hidden in the forest and enclosed by a wall more than four kilometres long. Today the complex in the Eliaszówka Vall…
Landmarks
Czerna
The Devil's Bridge in Czerna is the ruin of a stone bridge built in the 17th century by the hermits of a Carmelite hermitage over the stream in the Eliaszówka Valley. Resembling a Roman aqueduct, the structure is now a forest-covered ruin…
Nature
Czerna
Eliaszówka Valley (say el-yah-SHOOF-kah) is a wooded limestone valley between the villages of Czerna and Paczółtowice, about 30 km (19 miles) west of Kraków. It combines nature and history: beech forest, a heart-shaped spring beneath a sma…
Churches & monasteries
Czerna
Above the church portal in Czerna is a Latin inscription praising blessed solitude, and it sums up the place well. For almost two centuries the Discalced Carmelite monastery in the Eliaszówka Valley was a hermitage closed to lay people. To…