Cistercian abbey in Lubiąż
Poland /
Dolnoslaskie /
Wolyw /
Plac Klasztorny
World
/ Poland
/ Dolnoslaskie
/ Wolyw
World / Poland / Lower Silesian
Baroque (architecture), monastery, Order of Cistercians, interesting place, Roman Catholic church
Founded 1163 and closed 1810. The abbey is believed to be the second largest Christian architectural complex in the world (after Spanish Escorial). The area of the roofs is about 2.5 hectares, and the length of the facade is 223 meters (the longest baroque facade in Europe). In the crypts, there are 98 well-preserved mummies of Silesian dukes.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbatia_Lubensis_abbey
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 51°15'41"N 16°28'9"E
- Lubiąż - Zespół Klasztorny Cystersów 0.4 km
- Doksany Praemonsatensian Convent 186 km
- Sázava 190 km
- Former Cistercian monastery in Zdar nad Sazavou 190 km
- Rajhrad benedictine abbey 242 km
- Former Benedictine Monastery 264 km
- Monastery of Nový Dvůr 284 km
- Teplá Abbey 292 km
- Former St. Emmeram's Abbey 400 km
- Regensburg clinics (Prüll Abbey) 401 km
- Former paper work 3.7 km
- River yard 4.6 km
- River port 4.7 km
- Pond 4.9 km
- Train station Malczyce 5.2 km
- Cemetery 5.4 km
- Zakłady Drobiarskie w Prochowicach 7.7 km
- Our Lady of the Rosary parish 8.5 km
- Cemetery 9 km
- Gmina Lubin 24 km
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