The Olkusz Underground

Market Square in Olkusz

Lesser Poland

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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…

PTTK Regional Museum in Olkusz

Lesser Poland

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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…

Firefighting Museum of the Olkusz Region

Lesser Poland

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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…

Basilica of Saint Andrew in Olkusz

Lesser Poland

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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…

Tower in Olkusz

Lesser Poland

Free entry

0.1 km

## 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…

Museum of African Art in Olkusz

Lesser Poland

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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…

Stary Olkusz Stronghold Site

Lesser Poland

2.5 km

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…

Rabsztyn Castle

Lesser Poland

3.3 km

Rabsztyn Castle is a picturesque ruin on a limestone hill near Olkusz, part of Poland’s Eagles’ Nests Trail. Today visitors can climb the lookout tower, cross bridges over the moat and visit Kocjan Cottage at the foot of the hill. ## Histo…

Kocjan Cottage in Rabsztyn

Lesser Poland

3.5 km

## Antoni Kocjan’s family home At the foot of the Rabsztyn castle ruins, on the Trail of the Eagles’ Nests, stands a reconstructed wooden house from 1862. It was the family home of Antoni Kocjan, a leading Polish glider designer. In 2004 t…