The
white facade with stone window frames, fragments of stone and brick
walls and high, hip roof draws attention with the capital letters of
the motto Vita
brevis, ars longa...
Before
we reach this open-air museum, from afar we will notice a wooden
drilling tower of the former oil mine “Magdalena”. A century ago,
such towers marked the landscape of...
Libusza
boasts of long traditions of oil extraction – the first mine was
commissioned here as early as in 1856. Unfortunately, the oil
deposits ran out and the mine was closed...
A
hundred years ago, the Lemkos from Łosie could be met on the roads
not only in the region but also in Moravia, Transylvania and the
Russian Empire lands: they even reached...
Many
skiers probably are asking themselves: what kind of skis did our
grandparents and great grandparents ride? The answer may be found in
the Regional Museum in...
On
a small square above the centre of Ropa, more than eighteen wooden
churches and Orthodox churches stand under the trees! They are,
however, not real buildings but...
Sękowa
and neighbouring Siary are the cradle of the global oil mining. As
early as in 1790, oil was drawn in Sękowa from specially excavated
wells while in 1852, the first in...
At
a cobbled marketsquare in Stary Sącz, our attention is drawn by the
17 th -century
“Dom na Dołkach”, with its beautiful silhouette and a shingled
roof. It is the seat of...
At Bulwary Dietla, along the bed of Kryniczanka, there are several beautiful wooden spa villas. The first one from the southern side, located just below a steep slope of the...
Colourful houses, folk figures of saints and shrines, wooden boxes of various sizes painted live colours – these unusual works standing in Kamianna, right behind the Orthodox...