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Birthplace of John Paul II - his house, church and museum
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The Basilica and museum can get quite crowded
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Birthplace of Pope John Paul ll
matcrazy1 Says: Pope John Paul II was born as Charles Joseph Wojtyla 15th May 1920 in this house of Wojtyla family on my picture. The possesion was renovated and there is a museum there since 1984.There are a lot of original papers of the pope and his photographs as well inside. Add...
suvanki Says: This is one of many statues of this Pope in Wadowice. Apparently it is known by locals as 'The Cream Cake Statue'! The reason? - During John Pauls visit to Wadowice in 1992, he sat very near to this spot and reminiced about his early life in the town. He mentioned how, he...
suvanki Says: The distinctive clock tower of the basilica, with its onion domed cupola shows the time for the people of Wadowice and visitors, the 4 clocks are easily visible from different directions. On the wall of the church, is another time piece that is less visible, but could easily...
Former home of Pope John Paul 11
suvanki Says: Admission to this museum is free (Donations expected)This was the home of the Wojtyła family of Karol, his wife Emilie and 13 year old son, Edmund from 1919, where they rented two rooms on the upper floor, of a property owned by a Jewish merchant named Yechiel...
The Parish Church (Basilica) of St Mary
suvanki Says: Also known as The Basilica of the Presentation (or Devotion) of the Blessed Virgin or The Parish Church of the Oblation of the Holiest Virgin Mary!!Originally, a brick church, built in 1440 stood here, which was known as All Saints church. A fire in 1726 destroyed a large...
Sue08080 Says: Facing the church along the main square, turn to your left for an excellent small restaurant. I'm sorry that I don't recall the name. Now that I've discovered VT, I'm much more careful about recording such information and taking photographs! We had lunch in the upstairs...
Family home of John Paul II: Take a picture there
matcrazy1 Says: If you come to Wadowice after darkness you can still take a picture with house when pope John Paul II was born. Look at Kathy (Kodi01) standing by his house with commerating plate on his wall. Look at Kathy on my picture :-).
Plac Jana Pawla II: Basilica at night
matcrazy1 Says: We arrived to Wadowice before sunset but we left it at dark night. So, we were walking around the town square called John Paul II Square after darkness. We were looking at heavy lighted Baroque facade of Basilica of Devotion of Holy Virgin Mary. It looked even better at...
jo104 Says: A bus leaves Krakow main bus terminal every 30min and it is only 50km away from Krakow. There is also a train called the Pope Train which leaves Krakow main station at 8.55am, 12.55pm and 4.55pm stopping at Logievanki and Kalwaria Zebrydowska as well as Wadowice.There are...
matcrazy1 Says: We arrived to Wadowice by my car driving from Krakow via Kalwaria Zebrzydowska towards my hometown Tychy on Highway 96. We parked a car on town square (on the left of Highway 96) called Plac Jana Pawla II just by the basilica.Wadowice are located in southern Poland, 50 km...
Upominki, dewocjonalia, obrazy: Pope gift store
matcrazy1 Says: "Upominki, dewocjonalia, obrazy" means: souvenirs, devotional articles, paintings. It's a store when you can buy some items referring to pope as well: papal flags, statues of pope John Paul II, books and video-cassettes about him etc.HOURS:Mon-Fri: 9am - 5pmSat: 9am -...
jo104 Says: On the street corner we found a lady selling smoked cheese I bought one sheeps milk and the other made with cows milk. We also saw them grilling these cheeses on an open fire in Krakow. These cheeses is made from salted unpasturised sheeps milk and pressed into spindle...
matcrazy1 Says: Over 95% of Poles living in Poland are Roman catholic. Most of Poles go to holy mass each Sunday. But in Wadowice they go to church often even on business days. We were surprised to see many prayers inside basilica in the evening of non-holiday day. Whatever is your religion...
matcrazy1 Says: Notice that places of interest including family home of pope John Paul II and town museum close at 5pm (October - April) or 6pm (May - September). And they are closed on Monday. Gift store located at John Paul II square closes at 5pm (Mon-Fri) or 2.30pm (Sat). It's closed on...
matcrazy1 Says: We arrived in Wadowice late afternoon. I tried to take pictures at bad light and first of all inside the basilica. But I didn't have a tripod. Hmm... look at my picture :-(((.Keep in mind that a built in flash on most cameras will only light up an area between 10 and 20...
paulinuk2u Says: meet my friend she would love to practice her english in wadowice and its only 3zl on mini bus from krakow
matcrazy1 Says: There is a commerating plate on the wall of pope John Paul II house. The inscription is in Polish. My translation:In this house Karol Jozef Wojtyla was born on 18th May 1920 and he lived there, pope John Paul II.It's the most popular place of taking pictures in Wadowice, I...
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meet my friend she would love to practice her english in wadowice and its only 3zl on mini bus from krakow
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Birthplace of pope John Paul II
I and Kathy (Kodi01) visited Wadowice, birthplace of Roman catholic pope John Paul II. He was born at home located just by this basilica of Devotion of Holy Virgin Mary. "The truth is not always...
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Day trip from Krakow - Euromeet 2010
Many people do a pilgramage to Wadowice to pay homage to the late Pope John Paul II who was born in this town in 1920. His family home has been turned into a museum.
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Wadowice ( Vah-do-vee-tsah) is a small city, located below the Beskidy mountain range, at the westernmost point of the Malopolska province. It is about 50 km to the South West of Krakow. On first...
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Wadowice (pronounced "vah-doh-vee-tzeh", is a town in southern Poland, 50km from Kraków with 19,200 inhabitants (2006), situated on the Skawa river, confluence of Vistula, in the eastern part of...
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