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Karczowka Monastery

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Karczówka Monastery

This monastery is so named because it's on the top of Mount Karczówka (a hill really as it's not very high) and is dedicated to San Carlos Borromeo. The first church was built in 1624 to give thanks to the saint for saving Kielce from a cholera epidemic that swept Poland. It was Bernardine monastery until 1864, when the order was dissolved by the Tsar as the monks were helping the rebels. The monastery is very beautiful with a green roof, it has access, on the right there's a chapel and on the left the church. If the "lord" it looks good and fancy, you can go up the church tower (free) and enjoy

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