The Parish Church of St Bartholomew in Chęciny
Practical Information
- Detailed InformationZwińRozwiń
- Object type:
- Religious monuments
- County:
- kielecki
- Community:
- Chęciny
- Address:
- Chęciny , ul. Radkowska 4
- Latitude:
- 50.797580924493
- Longitude:
- 20.463495254517
- Tourist region:
- Kielce Region
- Phone:
- +48 41 315 10 31
- Surrounding AccommodationZwińRozwiń
On top of the highest rocky mountain in the environs, known as Mt Zamkowa, stands a ruin of the Gothic Royal Castle of Chęciny. It was erected before 1306, and king Władysław Łokietek, bishop Jan Muskate, and king Władysław II are mentioned as its founders.
- Chęciny, pl. 2 Czerwca 4
Chęciny is a town located relatively close to Kielce on the route Warszawa – Kraków. The town underwent development owing to its deposits of precious metals such as lead, silver or copper. The picturesque panorama dominated by a Gothic castle...
- Chęciny
The monastery was founded by king Kazimierz Wielki in 1368. Ruined by Protestants and Swedes, it was rebuilt and enlarges in the later periods to acquire new cloisters, chapels and additional storeys. It was taken away from the Franciscans at the beginning of the 19th century and became a prison.
- Chęciny, ul. Franciszkańska 10
- +48 41 315 10 69
The crast phenomena on Zelejowa appear in numerous copybooks as a showcase of their kind. This region gained its fame because of the so called “Różanka Zalejowska” - the calcite of unique pattern.
- Zelejowa
- +48 41 315 10 06
Nature has for ages created its underground complex of breathtaking tunnels and chambers decorated with hundreds of stalagmites, stalactites, pillars and pisoids of various shapes and forms.
- Dobrzączka
- +48 41 366 30 15
Description
The Parish Church of St Bartholomew is located at the rock terrace cut in the slope of the Zamkowa Mountain (300 m above sea level). It was probably founded by Władysław the Elbow-High. The construction was started around 1315 and was finished in the times of Kazimierz III the Great. In 1568-1603 it served the Calvinists as a Protestant church. The church gained its contemporary appearance during the last alteration of 1830-40. The Gothic character is preserved mainly in the stockade-like window shape, but the roofs were lowered and the tower was built. The triple-nave, hall church is entered into through the vestibule from the 17th century with a tunnel vault. The side naves are based on octagonal pillars. The early Baroque altar was consecrated in 1628. The stalls come from the late Renaissance. A Reneissance Fodygas-Family chapel was built in 1614 by Kacper Fodyga right at the chancel. In the tomb the bodies of masonry master, miner and alderman of Chęciny as well as Kacper and his wife Zuzanna of Grodzianowice are buried.
Practical information:
The Parish Church of St Bartholomew in Chęciny
ul. Radkowska 4
26-060 Chęciny
tel. 41 315 10 31
Tourist Information Center in Chęciny
ul. Staszica 3
26-067 Chęciny
tel. 41 315 18 29
www.checiny.pl
Information can be also obtained in Regional Tourist Information Center:
ul. Sienkiewicza 29
25-007 Kielce
Phone: +48 41 348 00 60
E-mail: informacja@swietokrzyskie.travel
www.swietokrzyskie.travel