Kalwaria Zebrzydowska Travel Guide

 smirnofforiginal Says:  The squire of Krakow, Mikolaj Zebrzydowski commissioned the church and monestry in 1600 for the Bernardine Order. Seeing a resemblance of the area to the site of Jerusalem, he set about creating a place of worship similar to that in the Holy City.The more pilgrims that... 

 matcrazy1 Says:  Our Lady of the Angels' Basilica is composed of a few parts including a high and wide nave with four bays separated by pilasters. The main nave adjoined to the former church on the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries in the late Baroque style. It's highly decorated with wall... 

 matcrazy1 Says:  The monastery was renovated recently. The cloisters are covered by red roof tiles and look very nice now. They surround courtyard on its three sides.The Our Lady of the Angels' Basilica wall forms the fourth side of the courtyard.  

 matcrazy1 Says:  Kalwaria Zebrzydowska is a saint place for many pilgrimes. They used to pray a lot in peace and quiet. Do not disturb them - it's socially unacceptable to talk inside churches and chapels of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska. Keep silence there. 

 matcrazy1 Says:  The three side chapels of the basilica: Our Lady of Kalwaria, St. Anthony’s and The Chapel of Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary are covered by smaller or larger domes. There is interesting observation point in a small tower on the top of each dome (called... 

 matcrazy1 Says:  Look up at the top of the basilica chapels. Our Lady of the Angels' Basilica is composed of a high and wide nave with four bays separated by pilasters, of a narrower and lower rectangular presbytery, of a monastic quire (behind the great altar) and of adjoining south side... 

 matcrazy1 Says:  There is this stone statue as on my picture standing among buildings of House of Pilgrim (Dom Pielgrzyma). The inscription says in Polish language: Mary, queen of Poland, pray for us! There were a lot of flowers put beneath the statue.St. Mary is a catholic patron of Poland... 

 matcrazy1 Says:  There is a small altar in the sacristy (vestry) of Our Lady of the Angels' Basilica. Look at the old wooden sculpture of Jesus Christ on the cross in the middle of the altar. There are portraits of pope John Paul II and his friend Franciszek Macharski, arcibishop of Krakow... 

 matcrazy1 Says:  Small sacristy (vestry) of Our Lady of the Angels' Basilica is adjoined by The Chapel of Immaculate Conception of the BVM (formerly called Bracka) at the southern wall of the nave founded in 1749. Sacristy (vestry) is a room in a church, especially one in which priests and... 

 matcrazy1 Says:  We were lucky to enter sacristy (vestry). The entrance door was opened, we came inside and asked the priest whether we could take some pictures. He smiled and allowed us to see and take pictures inside.Surely there were a lot of different special clothes priests wear for... 

 matcrazy1 Says:  Walls of Our Lady of the Angels' Basilica are highly decorated, it's Baroque! Look at the pulpit hanging on the wall on my picture. A pulpit is a raised place in a church, with steps leading up to it (where are they?), from which the priest speaks to the worshippers. 

 matcrazy1 Says:  There are many altars inside Our Lady of the Angels? Basilica. Except the main altar located at presbyterium at the end of the main, wide nave there are 9 as I remember smaller altars dedicated to various saints located on the northern and southern walls of the basilica and... 

 matcrazy1 Says:  At the front the Paradise Square in front of facade of the basilica is closed with an iron balustrade. There are ten stone posts, which support stone figures of saints created by Tomasz Galuszczynski in 1823 there.This one on my picture had a hat. We were joking with Kathy... 

 matcrazy1 Says:  It's always a great pleasure to receive a postcard from far, mysterious place. You can buy postcards in Kiosk z dewocjonaliami opened daily: 7.00 am - 12.15 pm and 1.15 pm - 5.00 pm. Then look for a red post-box as on my picture to send them.