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Altitude: 328 m. ASL.
Region:
Poland > świętokrzyskie
Cache type: Traditional
Size: Regular
Status:
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Date hidden: 01-05-2016
Date created: 29-04-2016
Date published: 01-05-2016
Last modification: 17-08-2018 
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Rated as: Excellent
9 x recommended
This cache is recommended by:
Chrząszcze2, dzejbi, gagu, GFS, Konto_usuniete_id:85501, palinq, rubin, rzyrant, Zespół EŁ
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Karczówka Monastery
The hill of Karczówka is a landscape and wood reserve covering the area of 27 ha. Dominating its top is a historic monastic complex founded by Bishop Marcin Szyszkowski as a votive offering in gratitude for the missing of Kielce by a plague raging in 1622. The church dedicated to St Charles Borromeo was erected in 1624-28, while in the years 1629-31 the monastery, designed for the Observants, was built. Since 1957 the parish and noviciate in the Karczówka premises have been conducted by the Association of Catholic Prozelytization – Pallotine Fathers. Inside the church, a particularly interesting is the early baroque main altar, made in Checiny marble, with pictures of the church’s patron saint and of St Casimir. In a rococo altar of a chapel there is a 17th century statue of St Barbara, patron saint of miners. The statue is made of unusual material – an enormous nugget of galena, or lead ore. The historic granary now accommodates a contemporary chapel of God’s Mother of Fatima.
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