The best MTB trails around Szelków

The shelter is already very rotten, but it can still fulfill its function. However, it is surrounded by bushes, and the shelter is almost hidden from the road along the embankment.

The route is far from traffic. The gravel is uneven and drains your energy quite quickly. Be careful on sunny days - a few kilometers without a bit of shade can be tough...

The current parish church of St. Wojciech was built in the years 1896–1900 according to the design of the architect Feliks Nowicki. This temple was destroyed in 1915 and 1939–1944 (tower and vaults). Rebuilt until 1958. It is an oriented, neoclassical church, built of brick and plastered. It has a three-nave, four-bay body with a built-in square tower at the front. The presbytery is two-bay, closed on three sides, on its sides there are rectangular: sacristy and chapel with lodges on the first floor, open to the presbytery. Elevations are divided by Tuscan pilasters on high plinths and topped with entablature. Windows in rich plaster frames with horizontal, triangular and segmental pediments. The façade is three-axis, two-storey, divided by pilasters in the grand order. The tower is clasped with pilasters in the Tuscan style. The gable roofs are covered with sheet metal, and the tower has a pyramidal tin dome Source: https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parafia_%C5%9Bw._Wojciecha_w_Zambskach_Ko%C5%9Bcielnych

An exceptionally bearable shortcut of coarse sand and gravel. As for these areas, exceptionally passable 😜. Nice views.

A very nice investment, the pedestrian and bicycle bridge allows you to freely get to the other side of the Narew.

"The history of the town hall dates back to the early 15th century. Bishop Jakub of Płock is said to have funded the seat of the town authorities in 1405. The Gothic tower added to the town hall fulfilled both judicial and penitentiary functions as well as defense. Initially, it reached a height of 15 m and was built on a rectangular plan. During the 15th and 16th centuries, it was gradually raised, with additional storeys built on an octagonal plan. A new town hall was also built - lower, more modern - in the Renaissance style, topped with a crested attic. The 30-meter tower at that time gained a domed spire with a lantern, and a clock was also ordered for it. During the wars in the 17th and 18th centuries, the town hall burned down several times. In 1728, it was rebuilt with funds from Bishop Andrzej Stanisław Kostka Załuski. The two-bay building surrounded the tower in a horseshoe shape from the east. The entrance was located on the north and covered with a wooden arcade. The tower roof was changed to an octagonal one, and the clock was abandoned. In this form, the town hall survived until the end of the 19th century. At that time, in addition to the city authorities, the army was quartered here, and there was a prison and even warehouses for Pułtusk merchants. At the end of the 19th century, a shelter was organized in the ruined building, and from 1880, the ground floor and the tower were put into use by the Volunteer Fire Department. After 1902, a new, smaller building was erected on the site of the former building, in the neo-Gothic style, only for the use of the fire department. The tower was deprived of its roof, replacing it with an uncovered platform. It turned out to be completely non-functional and the original roof covering of the tower top was quickly restored. Also at that time, a clock was placed on the north side, on the seventh floor." Source: https://arch.pultusk.pl/wieza-dawnego-ratusza-gotycko-renesansowa/

The market square is 380 meters long, there is a flourishing trade and there is a historic town hall.

Initially, the church had a single nave, now it has three naves. The greatest changes in the church took place in the 16th century after 1546, thanks to John the Baptist of Venice, who built, among other things, a vault decorated with polychrome, a burial chapel for the founder of the reconstruction, Bishop Andrzej Noskowski (currently the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament). The Renaissance polychromes on the vault, discovered in 1994, raised the rank of the basilica as a historic monument, and the phrase Pułtusk vault entered the history of art. More at the source: https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bazylika_kolegiacka_Zwiastowania_Naj%C5%9Bwi%C4%99tszej_Maryi_Panny_w_Pu%C5%82tusku