Cistercian Monastery in Koprzywnica
Sacral Monuments
Voivodeship
Świętokrzyskie
Kingdom
Sandomierz Province and Lower San Valley
Distances from the Green Velo
2.38 km
Contact
Adress
Krakowska 78, 27-600 Koprzywnica
Phone number:
+48 15 847 62 02
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Website:
Cistercians contributed significantly to the development of the Świętokrzyskie region, and their monasteries were important centres for promoting culture, art and science.
They arrived in Koprzywnica in the 12th century and built their abbey here. Among the monastic buildings, only the east wing and the late Romanesque chapter house with a cross-ribbed vault have survived. In the Church of St Mary and St Florian, many details of Romanesque and cross-ribbed vaults are also preserved, as are fragments of medieval murals. Also noteworthy are the late Baroque façade with a porch and a flèche steeple shaped like the cup known as a hobble, added in the 18th century.
