Tripto Guide
Discover places worth seeing — from historic sites to mountain trails.
357 places
Nysa
**The Basilica of St James and St Agnes in Nysa**, often referred to as the cathedral, is one of the largest and most valuable Gothic churches in Silesia. It stands on Cathedral Square near the market, and its hall interior, monumental bis…
Czchów
**The Cathedral Basilica of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Tarnów** stands beside the market square and is the most important monument in the city’s old town. The 14th-century Gothic church is best known for its Renaissance tom…
Prudnik
**The Brothers Hospitallers Monastery in Prudnik** at 6 Piastowska Street combines the Baroque Church of Saints Peter and Paul with the history of an order that has cared for the sick since the 18th century. The foundation began in 1764 th…
Święta Katarzyna
**Święty Krzyż Monastery** stands on Łysa Góra, at 595 m above sea level, in the heart of Świętokrzyski National Park. The former Benedictine abbey is now home to the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate and the Sanctuary of the Relics of…
Chęciny
**The Cistercian Abbey in Jędrzejów** is one of Poland’s oldest Cistercian monasteries and the country’s oldest continuously active abbey of the order. Its foundation dates to 1140, when Janik of the Gryfit family and his brother Klemens b…
Kamieniec Ząbkowicki
**The former Cistercian abbey in Kamieniec Ząbkowicki** stands on a hill above the Nysa Kłodzka, beside the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The monastery’s origins reach back to the 13th century, and its history is tie…
Baranów Sandomierski
**Koprzywnica Cistercian Abbey** is one of the most valuable religious monuments near Sandomierz. The abbey was founded in 1185, when monks from Morimond in France were brought here. The Romanesque Basilica of St Florian preserves stone wa…
Częstochowa
**Mstów Monastery** is a fortified complex of Canons Regular on the Warta, near Częstochowa. Its origins reach back to the 12th century, while today’s appearance combines a late Baroque basilica, monastic buildings and former fortification…
Rzeszów
**The Bernardine Monastery in Rzeszów** stands in the city centre and is one of the Podkarpackie capital’s key religious monuments. The complex was founded by Mikołaj Spytek Ligęza in 1610–1629 as a church, monastery and part of the city’s…
Nowy Sącz
**The Poor Clares Monastery in Stary Sącz** is one of the town’s most important monuments and a key heritage site of the Sącz region. St Kinga, a duchess who later became a nun, founded it in 1280. The complex stands on a slope above the P…
Solina
**The ruins of the Discalced Carmelite Monastery in Zagórz** are among Podkarpackie’s most unusual monuments. The monumental late-Baroque fortified monastery was built on Mariemont Hill above the Osława in the early 18th century. Its survi…
gmina Kosakowo
**The Benedictine Abbey in Żarnowiec** is one of Pomerania’s oldest monastic complexes. The Cistercian nunnery was founded around 1235; after the female Cistercian community was dissolved in the 16th century, Benedictine nuns took over the…
Żyrowa
**St Anne’s Hill** rises to 408 m above sea level and is one of the Opole region’s most important pilgrimage and historic sites. A Franciscan basilica and the shrine of St Anne stand on the summit, while 40 Calvary chapels spread across th…
Wiślica
**The Collegiate Church in Wiślica**, the Basilica of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is one of the most important medieval monuments in the region of Lesser Poland. King Casimir the Great founded the Gothic two-nave church in 135…
Kłodzko
On the spur of plac Kościelny in the middle of the old town of Kłodzko rises the **Collegiate Church of the Assumption** — the oldest and most precious temple of the Kłodzko Valley, elevated to the rank of a collegiate church on **15 Augus…
gmina Żary
**The Co-Cathedral of St Hedwig of Silesia** at 14 Mickiewicza Street is the oldest surviving monument in Zielona Góra. Founded by the dukes of Głogów in the 13th century, the church combines a Gothic hall with later alterations and furnis…
Wałbrzych
**The Collegiate Church of the Holy Guardian Angels in Wałbrzych** is a distinctive Neo-Gothic church in the city centre. Construction of the present building began in 1898 to a design by Alexis Langer, an important Neo-Gothic architect in…
Łęczyca
**The Bernardine Church and Monastery in Łęczyca** is a Gothic church whose present building was consecrated in 1425 and transformed in the Baroque period. The Church of St Andrew the Apostle is one of Łęczyca’s oldest surviving religious…
Siewierz
## Key information The Cemetery Church of St. Valentine in Woźniki stands on Tarnogórska Street, south of the town centre. It is a wooden log-built church surrounded by shingled arcades. The cemetery contains Józef Lompa’s grave. ## Histor…
Głogówek
**The Church of the Holy Cross in Głogówek** is a small half-timbered cemetery church from 1705. Its timber frame with brick infill, shingle roof and position in the old cemetery create a very different atmosphere from the town’s collegiat…
Piekary Śląskie
In the northern part of the Świerklaniec park, away from the former palace buildings, stands the **neo-Gothic church of the Good Shepherd** — the Lutheran court church of the Henckel von Donnersmarck family, joined by an open cloister to t…
Lublin
**The Dominican Basilica in Lublin** is a Gothic-Renaissance church and part of the monastery on Złota Street. King Casimir the Great founded the brick church in 1342, and it was rebuilt and expanded after the city fire of 1575. Today’s in…
Nowy Sącz
**The Church of the Holy Spirit in Nowy Sącz** is a former Norbertine church now run by the Jesuits. Its oldest sections are Gothic, while later rebuilding added Baroque elements, a 17th-century nave and a tower from 1755. The church stand…
Ostróda
**The Protestant Church in Ostróda** is a Neo-Gothic brick building from 1907–1909, designed by Berlin architect Oskar Hossfeld. It stands on a slope above the old centre and Lake Drwęckie, while its distinctive double-helmeted tower is on…