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The New Jewish Cemetery in Pilica
The first Jews settled in Pilica, an old town which lies east of Zawiercie, in the sixteenth century. Before the Holocaust, they represented the vast majority in the town. In the twenty-first century, the only trace of their presence is a large cemetery located on the edge of the town. This is the other Jewish cemetery in Pilica founded in 1842. It occupies an area of approximately 1 hectare. It is fenced. 327 typical tombstones with inscriptions mostly in Hebrew have survived to this day.
Location
street 17 Stycznia
42-436 Pilica
Commune: Pilica
Tourist region: Kraków-Częstochowa Jura
Location: in the city/town
General Information
: historic cemeteries
Prices & amenities
: admission free
Availability
: whole year
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The palace of Pilica, also called the castle, is a building
consisting of four wings and a courtyard, and it is
surrounded by fortified bastions. The residence, whose
origins are lost in the darkness of history, underwent
many reconstructions. The palace complex including
gates, a carriage house and an outbuilding is now
significantly devastated. The property is surrounded by a
park with specimens of trees, some of which are
considered natural monuments.
In Zarzecze, a small town adjacent to the Pilica river, there are ruins of the stone church dedicated to Saints Valentine and Stanislaus. The church was built in the sixteenth century as part of the hospital buildings. In the seventeenth century, a brick church was built where the ministry was exercised by the fathers of the Order of Canons Regular of Saint Augustine. The property fell into disrepair after the partition of Poland, in the second half of the nineteenth century.
The church of John the Baptist of Pilica combines many
styles. It results from different architectural concepts.
The original sanctuary was built in the Gothic style at the
turn of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. It was
founded by the Pilecki family. About a century later, the
church was rebuilt by the Padniewskis, local landowners.
At that time, a lot baroque elements were introduced
into the church building.
In Pilica, which lies in the Kraków-Częstochowa, a clear urban layout has been preserved to this day. It is associated with the location of the town on the Magdeburg Law in the late fourteenth century. The center forms a trapezoidal market square, of whose corners main streets run out, which in the past were parts of major routes. Noteworthy are the traces of the former town hall, municipal wells, and above all, old churches.
One of the monuments of Pilica is a church and a
monastery of the Observant Franciscan Friars in Pilica
Biskupice. The monastery was founded by the widow of
Prince Konstanty Sobieski - Maria Sobieska nee Wessel,
owner of Pilica, at the end of the first half of the
eighteenth century. She also donated a sixteenthcentury copy of the icon of Our Lady of the Snows to the
Order. The image, which can be found in the monastery
church, much venerated.
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