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Wawel Cathedral
Poland's national sanctuary and traditional coronation site of Polish monarchs on Wawel Hill.
31 km · about 35 min drive
Poland · Europe
Barwałd Górny sits on the route: 10 minutes from Stryszów, 49km from Zakopianka (Road to the Tatras).
Barwałd Górny is a town located in Poland. With a population of 0, it is an important destination in Europe.
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Barwałd Górny (Polish pronunciation: [ˈbarvawd ˈɡurnɨ]) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, within Wadowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland.
The village was founded probably at the end of the thirteenth century. It was first mentioned in a written documentRead more
in 1381 as the property of Sułek z [from] Barvalt, whose descendants would later be known as Barwałdzcy. In the sixteenth century, the village Barwałd was subdivided into three parts: Barwałd Górny (Upper), Barwałd Średni (Middle) and Barwałd Dolny (Lower). In 1540, the village was bought by king Sigismund I the Old and incorporated into the Royal Zator. The Zatorscy governors used the local people to cut wood, which was then sent to Zator. From the sixteenth century, the village belonged to Szaczowscy family, then Russoccy, then the Porębscy in the seventeenth century, and the Gołuchowscy in the eighteenth/nineteenth century. On the outskirts of the forest in the village, the Wallachian population incarcerated at the turn of the sixteenth and seventeenth century Tartar captives, Cossack and Russian. Starosta barwałdzki Wierzbowski Hermione told the local population to pay the rent, instead of being in serfdom to the castle in Zator. In 1665, Janowski Bębnowski displaced the local peasants from their land and assuming it as his own farm.
The construction of the railway took place in 1888 with a route through the center of the village where a railway station was opened. On 24 November 1944 a passenger train from Zakopane to Kraków collided with a German freight train, killing at least 130 people. In 1945 the Blotniccy family's mansion was demolished.
An antique wooden chapel hermitage of Saint Rosalie is located in Barwałd Górny, probably dating from the mid-eighteenth century. It consists of two chapels of St. Rosalie and St. Mary Magdalene and the cell-hermitage. Inside are a baroque altar of Our Lady and of St. Rosalie, there are two baroque paintings of 1747 of Christmas and the Adoration of the Magi, and also a nineteenth-century votive images related to the Passion Mysteries showing pilgrims on their pilgrimage to the sanctuary of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska.
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Barwałd Górny is located in Poland, Europe. The coordinates are 49.8621 latitude, 19.6175 longitude.
Barwałd Górny has a population of approximately 0 people, making it a town in Poland.
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cathedral
Poland's national sanctuary and traditional coronation site of Polish monarchs on Wawel Hill.
31 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
Fortified architectural complex atop Wawel Hill in Kraków, the historic seat of Polish kings for over 500 years.
31 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
A historic Jewish district turned bohemian cultural hub, filled with synagogues, galleries, and atmospheric cafés.
32 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
Europe's largest medieval square, anchored by the Cloth Hall and a bugle-call tower, ringed by cafes.
32 km · about 35 min drive
cafe
Kraków's legendary Art Nouveau café at Floriańska 45, opened in 1895, where the Zielony Balonik cabaret and Young Poland artists held court. The stained-glass interior is packed with original caricatures and puppets.
32 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
A UNESCO-listed underground marvel featuring chapels, sculptures, and chandeliers all carved entirely from rock salt since the 13th century.
34 km · about 40 min drive
museum
The preserved Nazi camp and museum near Oswiecim, a sombre, essential stop for remembrance.
35 km · about 40 min drive
famous road
The scenic highway climbing from Krakow into the Tatra foothills, a classic Polish mountain road trip.
49 km · about 55 min drive
April to October
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