Tripto Guide
Discover places worth seeing — from historic sites to mountain trails.
452 places
Tarnowskie Góry
**The Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Żyglin**, now part of Miasteczko Śląskie, has medieval roots, but the present masonry church dates from 1842. For centuries it was the centre of an extensive parish covering many U…
Częstochowa
The wooden Church of Our Lady Queen of the Rosary in Boronów is a distinctive church in Silesian Voivodeship. The present building was erected in 1611 on the initiative of Count Andrzej Dzierżanowski. Its defining feature is the Greek-cros…
Racibórz
The pilgrimage Church of the Holy Cross in Pietrowice Wielkie is a wooden church on the road to Gródczanki, about 1.5 km from the village centre. It was built in 1667 at a site associated with a spring and the veneration of the Crucified C…
Międzybrodzie Bialskie
## Key information The Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Stara Wieś, near Wilamowice, is one of the most valuable historic wooden churches in this part of the Beskids. The present church was built in 1522; dendrochronological r…
Żywiec
**The wooden Church of St Andrew the Apostle in Gilowice** is one of the most valuable monuments of the Żywiec Beskids and lies on the Wooden Architecture Trail. Its greatest curiosity is its change of address: the church was moved from Ry…
Brenna
## Key information St. Anne’s Church in Ustroń-Nierodzim is a wooden monument of the Silesian Beskids. The present church was built in 1769 on the site of an older church. It stands on Zabytkowa Street, among trees beside a cemetery, on th…
Siewierz
**St Barbara’s Church in Koziegłowy** is a small Baroque church with an unusual history: it was founded in 1670 as a hospital chapel and still preserves its connection with the former poorhouse. Its founders were Stanisław Kawiecki, staros…
Siewierz
**St Barbara and St Valentine’s Church in Siewierz** is a masonry hospital church built in 1618 through the efforts and funding of Siewierz burghers. It stands south of the Market Square, close to the ruins of the Kraków bishops’ castle, a…
Włodowice
**St Bartholomew the Apostle Church in Włodowice** is one of the more interesting Baroque churches in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland. The masonry church was built in 1701–1708 from a foundation by the prelate Marian Kępski. Its position on…
gmina Kroczyce
In the centre of Kroczyce, in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland, stands the brick two-towered church of St. Hyacinth and St. Mary Magdalene. Its history begins much earlier: the first wooden church was built here in **1427**, founded by the kn…
Zabrze
## Key information St. Hedwig’s Church in Zabrze’s Poremba district is an unusual wooden church from the interwar period. It stands at 504 Wolności Street and remains an active parish church. Its oval, twelve-sided body with four towers co…
gmina Pilica
Above the market square of Pilica rises the church of St. John the Baptist and St. John the Evangelist — a temple with royal connections. It was raised thanks to **Jadwiga Melsztyńska**, and after her death the care of the foundation was t…
Częstochowa
**St John the Baptist Church in Choroń** stands on a hill in one of the most scenic parts of the Poraj municipality. This small church combines a rural scale with Renaissance details and makes a worthwhile stop for visitors exploring the n…
Częstochowa
**St John the Baptist Church in Olsztyn** stands at the foot of the Jura hill crowned by the castle ruins. The Baroque church adds a later chapter to a visit to the fortress, with its angel imagery, reused castle stone and an unusual crypt…
Goczałkowice-Zdrój
**St George’s Church in Goczałkowice-Zdrój** is an important landmark of the spa town and a reminder of a history that predates the development of the resort. The masonry church stands on Główna Street, close to the centre and the road tow…
Zabrze
**St Joseph’s Church and Sanctuary in Ruda Śląska** is one of the most distinctive churches of industrial Upper Silesia. The Neo-Romanesque brick basilica was founded by the Ballestrem family and stands out through its Italian architectura…
Toszek
**The Church of St Catherine of Alexandria in Toszek** stands between the market square and the castle and is one of the town’s most important monuments. Its history reaches back to the Middle Ages, while the present appearance reflects a…
Żywiec
A few minutes from the market square and the Old Castle of Żywiec, on Batorego Street, stands the Church of the Holy Cross — the oldest surviving church in town. Its Gothic walls were raised at the end of the **14th century**, and over the…
Siewierz
Behind the market square of Siewierz, not far from the castle of the bishops of Kraków, stands the Church of St. Matthias the Apostle. Its beginnings reach the first half of the **15th century** — at that time only the presbytery was of br…
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…
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…
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…
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…