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Kalwaria Zebrzydowska

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Kalwaria Zebrzydowska is a town in southern Poland with 4,400 inhabitants (as of 1998). Situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodship (since 1999), previously in Bielsko-Biala Voivodship (1975-1998).

It is the best known sanctuary in Poland, after Jasna Gora in Czestochowa. The Mannerist architectural and park landscape complex and pilgrimage park in Kalwaria Zebrzydowska were entered in 1999 onto the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.

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