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Głogówek
At the very bottom of the tower was an unlit dungeon with a chain fixed to the wall – and that is where the Prison Tower in Głogówek got its name. This square brick tower next to the Castle Gate is one of the few surviving parts of the tow…
Churches & monasteries
Głogówek
The Loreto House in Głogówek is a copy of the Holy House (Santa Casa) of Loreto, completed in 1630 at the expense of Count Georg III von Oppersdorff and enclosed within the Franciscan church at 3 Klasztorna Street. It is a "church within a…
Churches & monasteries
Głogówek
In 1934 the painter Hans Breinlinger spent 30 days covering the walls of this church with four paintings, and the people of Głogówek paid him 3,000 marks in cash plus free lodging and board. The Holy Cross Church is a half-timbered buildin…
Churches & monasteries
Głogówek
In 1633, during an epidemic, the authorities and townspeople of nearby Prudnik vowed that they and their descendants would forever make pilgrimages to the Loreto House in Głogówek. This faithful copy of the "Holy House" of Loreto in Italy…
Churches & monasteries
Głogówek
St. Bartholomew's Church in Głogówek (say "gwo-GOO-vek"), a former collegiate church, is often called the "Pearl of the Opole Region". Behind its Gothic brick walls and twin towers lies one of the most spectacular Baroque and Rococo interi…