MONUMENTS

POLAND

Binarowa - the treasure on UNESCO list

Binarowa is a small village on a foothills of the mountains. The region is called Pogorze Ciezkowickie. Small village but is hiding a great treasure - the Church of St. Michael the Archangel. The site was enetered onto the UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage List thanks to...

 

The first panorama of the Tatras - wooden church in Trybsz

St. Elizabeth's Church in Trybsz is a part of the Wooden Architecture Route in Małopolska Region (Lesser Polan). It probably arose in 1567...


Jewish cemeteries close to Tatra Mountains

I felt like a real explorer! Looking through a guidebook I came across an information about a Jewish cemetery in Podwilk in Orava region. Perfect destination for a short trip...



Wiktorówki - a magic place

Wiktorówki is not only a small wooden church in the middle of  the woods in the Tatras...

  

 

  


Painted village

Now a bit of off-topic - I would like to tell you about beautiful village on the outskirts of the Carpathians where the land already flattens. The name of the village is Zalipie. Why is it so unusual? Let's see...



Bell towers against thunderstorms

In the villages around the Tatra Mountains, mainly in the Orava region, we can meet narrow wooden towers – those are the bell towers protecting from the thunderstorms. It was believed that...



The Wooden Architecture Route

The Wooden Architecture Route is a collection of the most valuable and the most interesting monuments of wooden architecture...


SLOVAKIA

Museum of photography and cinematography in Slovakia

Museum is located in the center of Spisska Bela in the house of Jozef Petzval. The number of exhibits gathered there made an impression on us...

 

ROMANIA

The Merry Cemetery in Sapanta

 ...in Romanian called Cimitirul Vesel. It is an unusual place in the small village of Săpânţa in Maramureş county in Romania. The cemetery enchants...


UKRAINE


Pysanka Museum in Kolomyia, Ukraine

It is Easter time... all the preparations, a bit of a hurry, family and friends meetings, religious celebrations... In the meantime, I called to my mind the Pysanka Museum. It is placed in a funny building...