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Czermna (Kudowa-Zdrój)
Czermna may refer to: * Czermna, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, a town in south-eastern Poland * a district of Kudowa-Zdrój in south-western Poland, famed for its Skull Chapel The Skull Chapel () is an ossuary chapel located in the Czermna district of Kudowa-Zdrój, in southwestern Poland. Built in Baroque architecture, Baroque style in the last quarter of the 18th century, the temple serves as a mass grave with thousa ... See also * Čermná (other) * Czermno (other) {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czermna, Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Czermna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szerzyny, within Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Szerzyny, south-east of Tarnów, and east of the regional capital Kraków , officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the List of cities and towns in Poland, second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 804,237 .... References Villages in Tarnów County {{Tarnów-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kudowa-Zdrój
Kudowa-Zdrój (, ), or simply Kudowa, is a town located below the Table Mountains in Kłodzko County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in the southwestern part of Poland. It has a population of around 10,000 and is located at the Polish-Czech border, just across from the Czech town of Náchod, some west of Polish Kłodzko and from Prague. Kudowa-Zdrój is one of the oldest European spa towns where heart and circulatory system diseases were cured. The downtown area features a park styled on 17th century revival, with exotic plants and a mineral water pump room. Due to its location, the town is famous for tourism, hiking and as the departure point for trips. The town has several historical and heritage sites such as the Skull Chapel, Czermna, Chapel of Skulls within the Czermna district of Kudowa, an ossuary containing the bones or skeletal remains of thousands. It is one of a few of its kind in Europe. Another site is the Wambierzyce, Basilica of Wambierzyce, nicknamed "Silesian Jerus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skull Chapel, Czermna
The Skull Chapel () is an ossuary chapel located in the Czermna district of Kudowa-Zdrój, in southwestern Poland. Built in Baroque style in the last quarter of the 18th century, the temple serves as a mass grave with thousands of skulls and human skeletal remains adorning its interior walls, floor, ceiling, and foundations. The Skull Chapel is the only such monument in Poland, and one of five in Europe. History The chapel was built in 1776 by local Bohemian parish priest Václav Tomášek. It is the mass grave of people who died during the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648), three Silesian Wars (1740–1763), and people who died because of cholera epidemics, plague, syphilis, and hunger. Together with sacristan J. Schmidt and grave digger J. Langer, father Tomášek who was inspired by the Capuchin cemetery while on a pilgrimage to Rome, collected the casualties' bones, cleaned and put them in the chapel within 18 years (from 1776 to 1794). Walls of this small, baroque church a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Čermná (other)
ÄŒermná may refer to places in the Czech Republic: *ÄŒermná (Domažlice District), a municipality and village in the Plzeň Region *ÄŒermná (Trutnov District), a municipality and village in the Hradec Králové Region *ÄŒermná, a village and part of Hrádek (Klatovy District) in the Plzeň Region *ÄŒermná, a village and part of Libouchec in the Ústà nad Labem Region *ÄŒermná nad OrlicÃ, a municipality and village in the Hradec Králové Region *ÄŒermná ve Slezsku, a municipality and village in the Moravian-Silesian Region *ÄŒeská ÄŒermná, a municipality and village in the Hradec Králové Region *Dolnà Čermná, a municipality and village in the Pardubice Region *Hornà Čermná Hornà Čermná () is a municipality and village in Ústà nad Orlicà District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central E ..., a municipality and village in the Pard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |