Attractions and Places To See around Bobowa - Top 20

Church of St. Michael. Building from the 18th century. The whole is surrounded by a wall. Next to it is a baroque chapel and a brick belfry.

It is a 15 hectare wooded hill, located 700 m south of the town, on which there is a group of rocks. Over the years, wind, frost and rain have given the rocks fantastic shapes. Legends shroud Skamieniałe Miasto in mystery. Witch (Czarownica) The most popular rock in the reserve, its height is 13 metres. The upper part of the rock looks like a mystical profile of a witch, with clearly defined eye sockets, a long crooked nose and a protruding chin. The witch is made of sandstone layers with different grain sizes. In the upper part of the rock there are many cracks, the largest of which is 0.5 m by 8 m. Rock with a cross The rock is in the shape of a tower and is about 10 m high. Inside there is a crack with steps that allow you to climb to the top of the rock. The view from the top extends over the neighboring hills, valleys, the Biała River and Ciężkowice. Grunwald The rock was given its name in 1910 to commemorate the Battle of Grunwald, which took place 500 years ago. A memorial plaque donated by I.J. Paderewski was attached to the rock. The rock is in the shape of a tower, which lies along the road and is considered the largest in the entire reserve. The height in the western part is 17 m.

Pride of Szalowa - a wooden church from the 1730s. It is worth noting that at the time of its foundation, Augustus III of Saxony, the penultimate king of Poland, began his rule and the hussars were still a significant force in the Polish army. Inventions such as the steam engine, the telephone or even the light bulb were not yet known - the pinnacle of modernity at that time was the mercury thermometer invented a few years earlier.

In 1784, large masses of earth slid down the slopes of Maślana. In 1913, Jelenia Góra triggered another landslide, which reached catastrophic proportions and destroyed a large forest area and several buildings in the Szklarki settlement. Strange folds in the terrain and numerous lakes in the depressions formed. In the landslide area there is a lake, commonly called "Beskidzkie Morskie Oko". Its area is about 80 m² and its depth is about 4 m.

It is not without reason that Ignacy Jan Paderewski has his monument in Więcowice. For some time in his life, he was closely associated with the town and made a great contribution to the Więcwicka region.

According to one legend, a witch is a woman who was turned into a rock for cursing a priest who was rushing with the Blessed Sacrament to a sick person. Another legend says that witches and witches from all over the area met here for the Sabbath. The second legend seems to be still valid, considering that for several years there has been a mysterious fire ring at the foot of the rock - probably created by witches who met here. The safest way to get to the rock is from the parking lot via a footbridge hanging over the road, designed to make it easier for tourists to safely explore the "Petrified City". Source: https://skamienilemiasto.pl/skamieniale-miasto/legendy/

The parish church of St. Catherine and St. Nicholas survived until the end of the 19th century. Then it turned out to be insufficient, and the river stone from which it was built caused its dampness. In the spring of 1908, the construction of a new church began in its place. In 1909, the foundations were laid, and the cornerstone was consecrated the following year. The construction works were carried out by Roman Olszewski, implementing the project of the Warsaw architect Józef Pius Dziekoński. Later, work on the church was carried out by the then Vice-Rector of the Warsaw University of Technology, Zdzisław Mączeński. The church was erected in the neo-gothic style of brick with the use of stone. On November 25, 1913, the bishop of Tarnów, Ignacy Maciejowski, made a temporary consecration of the still unfinished building. The outbreak of World War I prevented further construction. It was only in November 1918 that the top of the tower was finished and the church was covered with copper sheet.

In 1662, a serious fire took place, in which the parish church was heavily damaged. From the original equipment, only the statue of the Virgin Mary with the Child has survived to modern times[2]. Services were held in the church of St. St. Bernard. The people of Grybów helped in the reconstruction of the church, donating money for this purpose. The newly built church was solemnly consecrated on May 10, 1705 by the suffragan bishop of Kraków, Kazimierz Łubieński.