Wadowice - Culture and Sightseeing

Culture and Sightseeing

  • Days of Wadowice (Dni Wadowic) are held every May–June. The feast starts every May 18 to commemorate the birth of Karol Wojtyła.
  • Museum of the Holy Father Family Home in the family home of Pope John Paul II collects objects that belonged to Karol Wojtyła and his family.
  • Parochial church - the Virgin Mary's Offertory minor basilica–15th century, rebuilt in 18th century.
  • Kościelna 4 street, an 18th-century house.
  • Neo-Classical "Mikołaj" manor - 19th century, named after the mayor Mikołaj Komorowski.
  • Municipal Museum of Marcin Wadowita.
  • Pope John Paul II square with 19th-century burgher houses.
  • Monument to Emil Zegadłowicz, a writer who described the area of Wadowice in many of his books.

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