Kalwaria Zebrzydowska

Kalwaria Zebrzydowska is a town in southern Poland, established in the first half of the 17th century. It is the only calvary ever to be enlisted as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The town is located between two massifs – the Beskid Makowski and Pogorze Wielickie.

Kalwaria Zebrzydowska is a center of pilgrimage movement to the Bernardyn Passion-Marian Sanctuary, located at at the pope trail. This trail includes numerous religious objects located between the Zar mountain and Lanckorona, such as The Monastery and Basilic of the Mother of God, 42 chapels and churches, which are part of the Paths of Jesus Christ and the paths of Our Lady (42 stations).

The sanctuary complex was enlisted as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999.

Other monuments include

The economic building with the ambulatory
The Monastery garden
The defensive wall with bastions and chapels
The outbuilding with the Czartoryski Mansion gate.
The wooden residence, by 21 Krakowska street.
The St. Joseph church.

Kalwaria Zebrzydowska also has two cultural institutions – The Sport and Tourism Cuture Centre and the Association of Friends of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska