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Krakow/Mogila Travel Guide

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Mogila is a part of Krakow in Poland. It is part of the Nowa Huta district.


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Churches

  • The Church of St Venceslaus - was built in 1266 by the bishop Prandota for the Cistercians who came to Mogila in 1220 invited by duke Leszek the White and bishop Iwo Odrowaz. The crossway was foundet by Casimir the Great in the 14th century. The interior is painted by Stanislaw Samostrzelnik, considered to be the best Polish Renaissance paiter, who hinmself was a Cysterian. It also has beautiful stained glass windows and a late gothic altar form 1514 by Szczodrowa. The stalls have fine baroque portraits. Inside the early baroque chapel of Stefan Żółkowski is the wonderfull gothic Cross of Mogila. The fasade is late baroque.
  • St. Bartholomew's Church stands opposite to the Cistercian Abbey. It is one of the oldest surviving examples of Polish wooden sacral architecture from the 15th century.
  • Finding and Rising of the Holy Cross's Church - was built of wood in the 16th century in Renaissance style.

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