Things to do in Olesno
Olesno is a small town in the Opole region, best known for the wooden pilgrimage Church of St Anne from 1518, extended in the 17th century with five chapels arranged in a star. In the centre stands the Gothic Church of St Michael the Archangel, nicknamed the Church of Angels, with a bell that returned from Bavaria decades after the war, and nearby the neo-Baroque Corpus Christi Church of 1909–1913. The town's history and figures such as Józef Lompa are presented in the Regional Museum, housed in a Baroque townhouse on ulica Jaronia. On the market square stands the town hall with its columned portico. Olesno makes a short stop for lovers of wooden and church architecture.
Map of attractions in Olesno
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Churches & monasteries
Corpus Christi Church, Olesno
Olesno
The neo-Baroque Corpus Christi Church, with its pale, multi-storey tower, stands just off the centre of Olesno. Built in 1909–1913 on the site of a 15th-century wooden church, it is surprisingly grand: a monumental building on a Latin-cros…
15–30 min
Churches & monasteries
St Anne's Pilgrimage Church in Olesno
Olesno
The pine trunk behind glass by the high altar bears a plaque dated "July 1444": under this tree, legend says, a girl was saved from robbers through the intercession of St Anne. A wooden church grew up around the pine, and in the 17th centu…
Free entry
Churches & monasteries
Church of St Michael the Archangel, Olesno
Olesno
Olesno's oldest church is nicknamed the "Church of Angels" – more than 50 depictions of angels have been counted inside. The Gothic Church of St Michael the Archangel, built after 1374, burned and was rebuilt many times, and one of its bel…
15–30 min
Museums
Jan Nikodem Jaroń Regional Museum, Olesno
Olesno
Olesno's museum is housed in a mid-18th-century Baroque townhouse on ulica Jaronia, with a distinctive gable framed by scrolls and topped by a semicircle. It is the easiest place to get to know the town's history – from its first settlers…
30–45 min