Attractions and Places To See around Mniów - Top 20

Piekoszów can be an interesting stop on a bicycle route around Kielce. There are ruins of Jan Aleksander Tarło's palace, which was almost a copy of the Kielce bishops' palace. Although only a ruin without a roof remains of the former residence, you can still see the layout of the rooms. The history of the palace's construction is connected with an anecdote about Tarło's rivalry with the bishop of Kraków. The building is publicly accessible, but unfortunately neglected, but it can still be an interesting point on the map for history lovers.

Lake Sielpińskie (Zalew Sielpia) – an artificial reservoir with an area of 57.41 ha located in the north-western part of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship between Kielce (approx. 35 km) and Końskie (approx. 10 km) in the town of Sielpia Wielka on the Czarna Konecka Reservoir. There are two islands on the reservoir. The reservoir was created in the 1960s. It is one of the largest recreational reservoirs in the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship.

Very interesting description of the history of the palace - > https://www.zamkipolskie.com/piekut/piekut.html

The oldest oak tree in Poland

"Bartek Oak" grows on the Ćmińsk - Samsonów - Barcza road. The oak has been a natural monument since 1954. Dendrologists estimate that the oak is over 700 years old. The tree is about 30 meters high, the trunk circumference is almost 10 meters. The crown span is 20x40 meters. On the side opposite the road, the oak is devoid of branches, this is the result of necrosis that affected the tree after the fire in 1906. By the oak there is a chapel dedicated to St. Hubert, as well as information boards and a roofed shelter.

It is not the oldest oak, but it is still worth seeing.

Sielpia Wielka is the largest holiday resort in the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. Its main attraction is the artificial water reservoir Sielpia, located here in the 1960s, with an area of 57.41 ha, created on the Czarna Konecka River. The aforementioned reservoir is one of the largest recreational reservoirs in the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. There are several dozen holiday resorts in the vicinity of the lagoon.

In 1900, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of his literary work, the Polish society organized a fundraiser for the future Nobel Prize winner and funded it in gratitude for his work. On this occasion, a civic committee was formed to prepare a program for the jubilee celebrations. The notarial deed was signed in Kielce on July 18, 1900 in the presence of counselor Tadeusz Kowalski and priest Zygmunt Chełmicki, who acted on behalf of the committee and the seller, notary Mieczysław Halik. The property was bought back for 51,249 rubles and 59 kopecks. The estate consisted of a total of 515 acres, including: 240 acres of forest, 160 acres of arable land, 90 acres of meadows, a park, an orchard, etc. With the funds left over from the collection, inventory was purchased for the writer (60 cattle, 6 horses, and agricultural machinery and tools). For this occasion, the sculptor Pius Weloński made a bust of the writer from white marble. The manor house designed by the Warsaw architect Hugo Kuder was built in 1895, the area around the palace, 49 hectares of land[3], was designed and arranged by the Warsaw gardener Franciszek Szanior. The road to the palace leads through the Red Gate and then through the linden alley.