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Pakość Calvary

Local name: Kalwaria Pakoska

Calvary Pakoska is 25 chapels Passion and the Franciscan monastery with the church forming a team called Kujawska Jerusalem. The topography of the place is based on a system of holy places in Jerusalem, including, among others, last Stations of the Cross. With 26 stations, two are located in churches - the monastery, church. Bonaventure and the parish church. Parish of Jesus Crucified and Our Lady of Sorrows. Calvary was founded in 1628 and therefore is not only a religious value, but historical. This is the second, after Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, a team of sacred lands Polish, entirely preserved to the present. The complex of chapels was located on private lands Działyński. From December 22, 1631 care of the complex by Franciscans from the nearby monastery. Calvary Pakoska not be produced without problems, because when you build more chapels opposition showed the then diocesan clergy. During the Swedish invasion chapels they were desecrated and their equipment destroyed. The Franciscans took care of the Calvary until dissolution in 1832, and then after returning to Pakość 9 September 1931 year.

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    Barcińska 6088-170 Pakość , Poland