Wadowice
Wadowice is a town 70 km west of Kraków, 5 km west of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska and 40 km south of Oświęcim in the Western Beskids in southern Poland.
Wadowice
Understand
Wadowice is a pretty small town with a late baroque church. Karol Wojtyła, the later pope John Paul II, was born there in 1920.
See
Basilica in Wadowice
Birth house of JP II
- 🌍 Birth House of Karol Wojtyła, Kościelna 7, ☎ +48 33 823 35 65. Now a museum.
- 🌍 St. Mary Basilica, plac Jana Pawła II 1. This is the church where Karol Wojtyła was baptized.
- 🌍 Municipal Museum (Muzeum Miejskie WCK im. M. Wadowity), Kościelna 4, ☎ +48 33 873 81 00, e-mail: muzeum@wck.wadowice.pl.
Do
Eat
Numerous cafes around the market square sell famous papal cake (kremówka).
Drink
Sleep
Go next
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