The Centre of Pottery Tradition in Chałupki
Practical Information
- Detailed InformationZwińRozwiń
- Object type:
- Museums
- County:
- kielecki
- Community:
- Morawica
- Address:
- Chałupki
- Tourist region:
- Kielce Region
- Phone:
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- Surrounding AccommodationZwińRozwiń
The park covers the Jeleniowskie range and the river valleys of Dobruchna and Pokrzywianka; its total surface area is 11,350 acres. Mountain forests and mixed mountain forests with predominance of Carpathian beech stands occupy nearly two thirds of the whole park"s territory.
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The main exhibition of the Museum of Kielecka Village is the Ethnographic Park in Tokarnia, which is located on the E77 route leading from Kielce to Cracow. In the picturesquely located in the Czarna Nida river bend over 70-hectare area...
- Tokarnia
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The park encloses the Orłowińskie, Ociesęckie and Cisowskie ranges as well as the Bardziańskie Hills, occupying the total area of 51 thousand acres. The nature is its greatest attraction, especially its vegetation mantle and forests; naturalists found here the majority of lowland habitats, from dry coniferous forest to alder carr.
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The Świętokrzyski National Park was established in 1950 and it encompasses: the highest range of the Świętokrzyskie Mountains- Łysogóry with the summits of Łysica (612 m above sea level), Agata (608 m above sea level) and Łysa Góra (595 m above sea level), the eastern part of Klonowskie Range and a part of Pokrzywiańskie Range (together with Chełmowa Góra).
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It"s the most recently established landscape park (51,000 acres) located between Łośna and Bobrza Rivers in the south-western part of the Świętokrzyskie Mountains. o wonder the Chęciński-Kielecki Landscape Park is known as the paradise for geologists.
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The Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship is exceptionally rich in protected areas. Apart from the Świętokrzyski National Park, there are as many as eight Landscape Parks.
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The elongated massif of Mt Miedzianka has been placed under protection. It constitutes the north-westernmost located elevation of the Ch ęciny range of the Świętokrzyskie Mountains. The plateau has three summits that are connected by a picturesque rocky ridge.
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The Świętokrzyski region is a real geological trove, or an open book from which we can learn a lot about the history of our planet. The Świętokrzyskie Mountains occupy the central part of the region; although not the highest and not the biggest in Poland, they enchant visitors with the diversity of their geological structure.
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One of the biggest attraction of the monastery on the Święty Krzyż Mountain is the crypt, in which the human remains in the glass coffins can be seen. It is the place of eternal rest for the Oleśnickis chapel"s founder – Mikołaj Oleśnicki.
- Święty Krzyż
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Description
For centuries a small village of Chałupki near Morawica provided extensive surroundings with clay ware, such as dishes and pots. The process lasted from the prehistorical times until the end of the 20th century. Since 1998 The Centre of Pottery Tradition has been active. It functions in a preserved workshop of one of the local potters, whose son Józef Głuszek is a conservator and a guide of the Centre. The workshop has authentic equipment for clay preparing and mixing, throwing dishes on the potter’s wheel, and for drying, glazing and decorating. There is an old two-chamber kiln prepared for firing in the central place. While visiting the centre and the exhibition, one may also see exhibit items made by the old local masters. A school of pottery and workshops are active there.
The Centre of Pottery Tradition
Chałupki 47
26-026 Morawica
phone: +48 41 311 87 02; 0 606 109 980
Opening hours:
10.00 - 16.00 Tuesday - Sunday
Monday: book before visiting (phone: +48 41 311 87 02; 0 606 109 980)
Information can be obtained in The Regional Center of Tourist Information
ul. Sienkiewicza 29
25-007 Kielce
phone: +48 41 348 00 60
e-mail: informacja@swietokrzyskie.travel