THE PRINCELY ROUTE – VIA DUCALIS
(Bielowicko - Grodziec Śląski - Górki Wielkiej - Zamarski - Cieszyn - Havířov - Šenov - Hnojník - Guty)
The tourist product "The Princely Route – Via Ducalis" refers to the trail named the same way. Its originator and promoter is Mariusz Makowski. (more information we can find in the publication Droga Książęca – Via Ducalis. Zamki, pałace, kościoły i muzea na Śląsku Cieszyńskim [The princely route - via Ducalis. The Castles, palaces, churches and museums in the Cieszyn Silesia] Wyd. Starostwo Powiatowe w Cieszynie, Cieszyn 2005). Driving along it you can visit selected attractive and picturesque towns and villages in the Euroregion where exeptionally beautiful monuments of cultural heritage have been preserved to the present day and where you can find remains of the rule of the Piast and Habsburg dynasties. It is one-day cross-border car trip.
PROGRAMME:
PROGRAMME:
- Bielowicko: Roman-Catholic church dedicated to St. Wawrzyniec from the beginning of the 18th century (33)
- Grodziec Śląski: the Grodeckis' castle from the latter half of the 16th century
- Górki Wielkie: the Zofia Kossak – Szatkowska Museum
- Zamarski: Roman-Catholic church dedicated to St. Roch from the first half of the 18th century
- Cieszyn: the Castle Hill; Romanesque rotunda (the chapel dedicated to Sts. Nicholas and Vaclav) from the 11th century (34); Ultimate Defence Tower from the 13th century; the Piast Tower from the 14th century; the Habsburgs' hunting lodge from the first half of the 19th century; Roman-Catholic church dedicated to St. Trinity from the end of the16th century; Roman-Catholic church dedicated to the Holy Cross from the beginning of the 18th century; Roman-Catholic church dedicated to St. Mary Magdalen from the 13th century; Evangelical-Augsburg church dedicated to Jesus from the first half of the 18th century; market square with a town hall from the first half of the 19th century; the Larisch family palace (Museum of Cieszyn Silesia); castle in Błogocice from the first half of the 16th century
- Havířov: the thirteenth-century manor house owned by the Arco family (35)
- Šenov: Roman-Catholic church dedicated to Divine Providence from the latter half of the 18th century
- Hnojník: the fifteenth-century palace owned by the Beess family
- Guty: Roman-Catholic church dedicated to the Body of Christ dating from 16th century (36)
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