Tripto Guide
13 places. The best places, landmarks and ideas for exploring the region. Open a place to see all details.

Olkusz
The Minor Basilica of Saint Andrew the Apostle in Olkusz is a valuable historic monument of the Silver City. Its oldest section is the presbytery from the late 13th century; a 14th-century expansion created a three-aisled hall. Later addit…

Olkusz
The historic Austeria in Sławków is a wooden inn at Rynek 2 and one of the most valuable examples of old Polish small-town architecture. Its official historical name is “Austeria Miejska w Sławkowie Pierwochą Zwana”. ## History and functio…

Olkusz
## The Tower in Olkusz The tower by the Market Square and St Andrew’s Basilica is a reconstruction of part of Olkusz’s medieval fortifications. It was rebuilt on authentic foundations, so it should be understood as an accessible history le…
Olkusz
Stary Olkusz Stronghold is an archaeological site on a small hill west of today’s Olkusz. A circular courtyard about 80 metres across is surrounded by a moat and two rings of earthen ramparts. The appeal lies in the terrain, church ruins a…
Olkusz
**The Jewish cemetery in Krzykawka** lies on the edge of the Bolesław municipality, near Sławków and the E94 road. It was formally established at the beginning of the 20th century by the Jewish communities of Sławków and Strzemieszyce. It…

Olkusz
The Museum of African Art in Olkusz holds one of the more interesting Polish collections of the art and culture of the African continent, gathered in the town centre on Szpitalna street. It began with a 1971 donation by the Olkusz physicia…
Olkusz
At **8 Floriańska Street** in Olkusz, in the seat of the Tourist Information Point a few steps from the market square, operates the **Stefan Ząbczyński Firefighting Museum of the Olkusz Region** — a small institution with a unique set of f…
Olkusz
On the corner of the Olkusz market square, in a 16th-century town house called **Batorówka** — where, according to tradition, **King Stephen Báthory** once stayed — operates the **Antoni Minkiewicz PTTK Regional Museum**, the oldest museum…

Olkusz
Beneath the market square of Olkusz — the town called the "silver town" — lie the undergrounds of the former capital of lead and silver mining. The route has two parts: under the Gothic town hall and under the County Office building, where…

Olkusz
A square laid out in **1299** when the town was chartered forms the axis of the Old Town of Olkusz — **six streets** radiate from it, and around it stand town houses built mainly in the **18th and 19th centuries**. Beneath the pavement lie…

Olkusz
The market square of Sławków is the heart of a Jura town on the edge of the Zagłębie Dąbrowskie coal basin — calm, rarely crowded, and hiding a monument that almost no other square in Poland can boast. Eight centuries of trade and mining h…

Olkusz
The sanctuary in Płoki, a village north of Trzebinia, lies on the edge of the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland. The fame of this place is tied to the cult of Our Lady called the Lady of Płock, shown in a miraculous image from the mid-**15th centu…

Olkusz
On a low hill in Sławków, in the Zagłębie Dąbrowskie region, lie the ruins of the castle of the Kraków bishops — one of the oldest brick defensive castles in southern Poland. The **13th-century** stronghold was forgotten for centuries, and…