Things to do in Piekary Śląskie
Piekary Śląskie is the sanctuary town of Upper Silesia: the Basilica of Our Lady and St Bartholomew has been the destination of historic men's and women's pilgrimages. Mount Wyzwolenia offers a viewing point — worth combining with a tour of the nearby industrial heritage.
Map of attractions in Piekary Śląskie
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Hidden gemChurches & monasteries
Basilica of St Mary and St Bartholomew in Piekary Śląskie
Piekary Śląskie
In 1680 Emperor Leopold I asked for the image of Our Lady of Piekary to be brought to plague-stricken Prague, where it was carried in procession through the streets. Three years later King John III Sobieski prayed before it on his way to t…
Churches & monasteries
Piekary Calvary
Piekary Śląskie
On Cerekwica Hill in Piekary Śląskie, next to the basilica housing the image of Our Lady of Justice and Social Love, lies the Piekary Calvary – a "New Jerusalem" of the historicist era. Nearly 10 hectares hold 14 Stations of the Cross chap…
Nature
Kocie Górki, Piekary Śląskie
Piekary Śląskie
Kocie Górki is a hilly, birch-covered area on the border of Piekary Śląskie and Radzionków – one of the town's most valuable natural sites, alongside Żabie Doły, Winna Góra and Księża Góra. Different habitats sit side by side in a small sp…
Free entry
Monuments & mounds
Liberation Mound in Piekary Śląskie
Piekary Śląskie
The Liberation Mound is the highest point of Piekary Śląskie and one of the key monuments of interwar Upper Silesia. It was raised over five years, in 1932–1937, to mark the 250th anniversary of King John III Sobieski's march to Vienna and…
Free entry
Hiking & tourist trails
Hiking trails in Piekary Śląskie
Piekary Śląskie
Two of the region's long-distance trails, laid out by the local guide and priest Jerzy Pawlik, run through Piekary Śląskie: the red Polish Hussars' Trail and the blue Silesian Insurgents' Trail. Within the town they are joined by shorter r…
Other
Piekary Bethlehem Nativity Scene
Piekary Śląskie
Every Christmas Eve, after Midnight Mass, the Piekary Bethlehem (Piekarskie Betlejem) opens on Rajski Plac (Paradise Square) by the basilica in Piekary Śląskie – an open-air nativity scene that is both living and moving. Figures of Polish…