World Heritage Identification Number: 905
World Heritage since: 1999
Category: Cultural Heritage
Transboundary Heritage: No
Endangered Heritage: No
Country: 🇵🇱 Poland
Continent: Europe
UNESCO World Region: Europe and North America
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Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: A Spiritual Haven of Mannerist Architecture and Park Landscape
Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999, stands as a remarkable testament to the fusion of art, architecture, and faith. Located in southern Poland, this Mannerist architectural and park landscape complex serves as a significant pilgrimage site that continues to draw visitors from around the world.
More to come…UNESCO Description of the World Heritage Site
Kalwaria Zebrzydowska is a breathtaking cultural landscape of great spiritual significance. Its natural setting – in which a series of symbolic places of worship relating to the Passion of Jesus Christ and the life of the Virgin Mary was laid out at the beginning of the 17th century – has remained virtually unchanged. It is still today a place of pilgrimage.
UNESCO Justification of the World Heritage Site
Criterion (ii): Kalwaria Zebrzydowska is an exceptional cultural monument in which the natural landscape was used as the setting for a symbolic representation in the form of chapels and avenues of the events of the Passion of Christ. The result is a cultural landscape of great beauty and spiritual quality in which natural and man-made elements combine in a harmonious manner.
Criterion (iv): The Counter Reformation in the late 16th century led to a flowering in the creation of Calvaries in Europe. Kalwaria Zebrzydowska is an outstanding example of this type of large-scale landscape design, which incorporates natural beauty with spiritual objectives and the principles of Baroque park design.
Encyclopedia Record: Kalwaria Zebrzydowska Park
Kalwaria Zebrzydowska Park is a Mannerist architectural and park landscape complex and pilgrimage park, built in the 17th century as the Counter Reformation in the late 16th century led to prosperity in the creation of calvaries in Catholic Europe.Additional Site Details
Area: 380 hectares
(iv) — Outstanding example of a type of building or landscape
Coordinates: 49.86668 , 19.676361
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