Ruins of the castle in Bodzentyn

Bodzentyn, known in Central Europe for its horse markets, is one of the most frequently visited tourist places in the heart of the Świętokrzyskie Mountains. One of the most important monument in Bodzentyn is castle.

  • Bodzentyn
  • +48 41 31 15 010
Sanctuary of Mother of Sorrows in Kałków-Godów

The sanctuary, which constitutes an important centre of Marian veneration, was built in the 1980’s owing to priest custodian Czesław Wala’s great will and driving force as well as the local inhabitants’ work.

  • Godów, Unnamed Road
  • +48 41 272 18 88
Shrine of Our Lady of Ostra Brama

In the 80s, Polish people that could not contact their beloved Wilno for various historical reasons, asked bishop Edward Materski to allow them to pray under the image of Our Lady of Ostra Brama, because it was an important memory from childhood for them.

  • Skarżysko-Kamienna, Wileńska 33
  • +48 41 253 88 00
St Jacob"s Church in Sandomierz

The St Jacob"s Church is one of the oldest and the most valuable monuments of both Sandomierz and Poland. The visitor"s attention is caught by the late-Romanesque ceramic ornamental elements of elevation, from which the northern portal is of the greatest importance.

  • Sandomierz, ul. Staromiejska 3
  • +48 15 832 37 74
St Joseph Collegiate Church in Klimontów

It is one of the most original and beautiful buildings erected on an elliptic plan according to an Italian architect Lawrence Senes’s design referring to the architecture of Santa Maria della Salute church in Venice.

  • Klimontów
St Martin the Bishop"s Parish Church in Opatów

One of the most spectacular examples of Romanesque architecture in Poland, St Martin"s Church was erected on the Latin cross pattern with the use of locally extracted flint sandstone in the 12th century. Its front is dominated by two differently shaped towers.

  • Opatów, ul. S. „Grota” Roweckiego 8
  • +48 15 868 27 64
Szydłów - Medieval Town

Szydłów acquired the name of Polish Carcassonne thanks to its well-preserved medieval urban layout and fortification walls (680 m)with the Renaissance Cracovian Gate. Built of the locally extracted limestone in the 14th century, the city walls were 1080 meters long and 1.8m thick.

  • Szydłów, ul. Szkolna 8
  • +48 41 354 51 46
The Centre of Patriotic and Civic Reflection

The Centre of Patriotic and Civic Reflection came into existence in the building of old prison in Kielce. It is a place where citizens of Kielce and Świętokrzyskie region could learn about their ancestors’ patriotic and civic achievements. The concept of the exhibition was developed by Mirosław Nizio – the author of the exhibition in The Warsaw Rising Museum.

  • Kielce, ul. Zamkowa 3
  • +48 41 367 68 01
The former monastery of the Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit in Pińczów

The former monastery of the Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit was built thanks to Zbigniew Oleśnicki, a bishop of Cracow. After the original Gothic church foundation, Oleśnicki rebuilt western porch with a Gothic cross-ribbed vault.

  • Pińczów, ul. Piłsudzkiego 2
  • +48 41 357 24 72
The Jan Karski Society in Kielce

The Jan Karski Society was established in 2005 as a kind of continuation of the ‘Memory – Dialogue – Reconciliation’ Civic Association, which was formed in order to prepare the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Kielce Pogrom in 1996.

  • Kielce, ul. Planty 7
  • +48 577 809 333