Tripto Guide
Discover places worth seeing — from historic sites to mountain trails.
1746 places
Bydlin
In the central part of Bydlin, a village in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland, stands the Church of St. Margaret — a church from **1865**, raised most probably on the site of an older wooden one. Parish traditions here reach back to the turn o…
Częstochowa
The wooden St. Martin’s Church in Cieszowa, built in **1751** in the Lubliniec region, forms part of the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesian voivodeship. It is an east-facing log structure with a post-framed tower crowned by an octag…
Czerna
On Grunwaldzka Street in Krzeszowice, between Kraków and Katowice, rises the neo-Gothic church of St. Martin — designed by **Karl Friedrich Schinkel**, the celebrated architect of Berlin. The founder was **Artur Potocki**, heir of Krzeszow…
gmina Niegowa
On Klasztorna Street in Lelów, not far from the market square, stands the Gothic parish church of St. Martin — today the Sanctuary of Our Lady the Consoler of Lelów. The parish is among the oldest in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland: it was f…
Tarnowskie Góry
In the cemetery of the Stare Tarnowice district stands the oldest surviving church in Tarnowskie Góry — the Gothic church of St. Martin, whose walls date back to around 1400. Right next to it rises the later parish church, so two eras meet…
Szczyrzyc
In Kasina Wielka in the Mszana Dolna commune, in the heart of the Beskid Wyspowy mountains, stands the wooden St. Mary Magdalene’s Church from **1678** — a stop on the Lesser Poland Wooden Architecture Trail. Its predecessor, built in the…
Siewierz
A few steps from the market square of Koziegłowy, on Kościelna Street, stands the church of St. Mary Magdalene and Corpus Christi — the former parish church of this small Jura town, woven into its medieval urban layout. The masonry buildin…
Klimkówka
The Church of St Michael the Archangel in Binarowa, about 5 km from Biecz, is one of Lesser Poland’s most valuable wooden monuments. Built around 1500, it joined the UNESCO list in 2003 as one of the six Wooden Churches of Southern Lesser…
gmina Kosakowo
In the Oksywie district, on Pułkownik Stanisław Dąbek Street, stands the church of St. Michael the Archangel — the oldest surviving building not only in Gdynia but in the whole Tricity. The original Romanesque church was a ducal foundation…
Katowice
On Wzgórze Beaty hill in the Tadeusz Kościuszko Park stands the oldest surviving building in Katowice — the wooden St. Michael the Archangel’s Church, probably built in **1510** in Syrynia near Wodzisław Śląski and **moved to the city in 1…
Otmuchów
Right by the market square of Otmuchów stands the Baroque basilica of St. Nicholas and Francis Xavier of **1693**, built on the site of an earlier church. It owes its existence to the bishops of Wrocław — for centuries Otmuchów belonged to…
Stara Wieś
On Okrężna Street, within the medieval town walls of Byczyna, stands the Gothic church of St. Nicholas, built at the end of the 14th century. Today it serves as a filial church of the Evangelical-Augsburg parish in Wołczyn, its stately sil…
Chełmża
Between Sądowa and Strzelecka streets, a few steps from the market square of Chełmża, stands the church of St. Nicholas — the oldest sacred monument in town, built before 1248. This Gothic brick building yields in importance only to the co…
Chrzanów
On Mickiewicza Street 5 stands the church of St. Nicholas, the parish church of Chrzanów, whose oldest surviving part is the Gothic presbytery from the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries. The church took its final shape in the 15th centur…
Wenecja
From the outside, St Nicholas Church looks like a modest wooden country church. Step inside, however, and you will discover one of the most remarkable historic interiors in the Pałuki region: more than 700 m² of wall and ceiling paintings,…
Zabrze
On Jan Paweł II Square in Nowy Bytom, regarded as the main market square of Ruda Śląska, stands the mighty basilica of St. Paul the Apostle — one of the finest examples of Romanesque Revival in Upper Silesia. Construction began in 1911, an…
Wadowice
A few minutes from the market square of Wadowice stands the church of St. Peter the Apostle — a votive offering of gratitude for the election of Karol Wojtyła as pope and for his survival of the assassination attempt of 13 May 1981. It was…
Brzeg
By the Oder, on Młynów Square, stands the oldest church of Brzeg — the church of Sts. Peter and Paul, mentioned as early as 1285. Raised by the Franciscans, over the centuries it changed so profoundly that for a long time it served no reli…
Opole
The Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in Chróścina Opolska, a village in the commune of Lewin Brzeski, looks today like a classicist temple, yet its history reaches back to the Middle Ages — the first mention of a church on this s…
Ruda Sułowska
On the Small Market Square of Krotoszyn stands the late Baroque church of Sts. Peter and Paul — a former Trinitarian church built in 1767–1774. The foundress was the hetman's wife Ludwika née Mniszek-Potocka, and the design came from Karol…
Nysa
Less than two hundred metres from the market square of Nysa, on Bracka street, stands a church regarded as the finest Baroque temple in the city. St Peter and Paul Church was built in **1720–1727**, and its history is tied to the Canons Re…
Kętrzyn
A few steps from the castle of the Warmian bishops stands the **Gothic church of Saints Peter and Paul** — the parish church of Reszel from the 14th century. Its **50-metre tower** now serves as a viewing point over the town and the hills…
Moszna
On a steep hill in Ścinawa Nyska, a village in the Korfantów commune between the town and Nysa, stands the masonry church of St Peter and Paul. A Gothic church — perhaps even a Romanesque one — stood here before: it certainly existed in **…
Krzyżanowice
In Tworków in the Racibórz Land, not far from the Czech border, stands the **Baroque church of Saints Peter and Paul** — considered one of the most valuable Baroque works of this land. Beneath its floor hides a family crypt with **eleven c…