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The T. Sętowski Museum of Imagination in Częstochowa
The Museum of the Imagination in Częstochowa is an author’s gallery of Tomasz Sętowski, a popular painter and sculptor, sometimes numbered by critics to the genre known as "magical realism." The decor of the museum is to introduce the visitor into the world of the artist's imagination, which is dominated by visions of odd figures and things of fantastic worlds. The works of Sętowski can be found in many Polish and foreign collections.
Location
street Oławska 2
42-200 Częstochowa
Commune: Częstochowa
Tourist region: Kraków-Częstochowa Jura
Location: in the city/town, in the city/town centre
Contact data
: 34 366 66 28
: muzeum_wyobrazni@o2.pl
: http://www.setowski.com
General Information
: museums, expositions/exhibitions
Prices & amenities
: admission free
Availability
: whole year
Friday: 10 am-6 pm or by prior arrangement
Nie jesteś zalogowany. Aby skorzystać z planera podróży musisz się zalogować.
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decade of the twentieth century. The cult of the Blood of
Christ is a legend about Saint Longinus, a Roman soldier
who pierced Christ's side with a spear, and then converted
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of the seventeenth century. In the eighteenth century,
the cemetery was enlarged. Among the tombstones,
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nineteenth century. The church of Saints Sebastian and
Roch, located at the cemetery a building consecrated
in 1680. It stands on the site of an earlier chapel. The
cemetery and the church lie in the western part of the
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the Miraculous Image, in the premises of the former
printing office, which operated here from the seventeenth
century to the time of its closure by the Russian
occupants in 1864. The exhibition, consisting of various
departments, was opened in 1982. The idea of creating
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