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What to see in Stary Sącz

All the places on one map. The marker colour shows the category – click to read more.

Monuments and churches

The Market Square, the Poor Clares’ convent, the parish church, the museum and traces of St Kinga’s canonisation.

Monuments and churches
Market Square
Nearly a hectare of cobbles beneath old lime trees
◷ 20–40 min, longer with a coffee or a meal
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Convent of the Poor Clares and Holy Trinity Church
Behind the walls where the Poor Clares have prayed since 1280
◷ 30–60 min
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Székely Gate
An oak gift from Hungarian highlanders, 1999
◷ 10–20 min
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Church of St Elizabeth of Hungary – the parish church
A parish church that rose from the ashes many times
◷ 15–30 min
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Church of the Divine Mercy
A younger church with the image of the Merciful Jesus
◷ 15–30 min
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“House on the Hollows” Regional Museum
The house that survived the great fire of 1795
◷ 45–75 min
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Papal Altar, “Opoka” and St Kinga’s Gardens
Here, on 16 June 1999, Kinga became a saint
◷ 20–40 min, longer with the museum
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St Kinga’s Spring and Shrine
Water said to have gushed forth at Kinga’s word
◷ 15–30 min
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The “Sokół” Building and the Ada Sari Cultural Centre
Where body and spirit were trained, and theatre and cinema played
◷ 10–20 min from the outside, longer for a film
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The Synagogue – from the outside
A silent witness to the Jews of Stary Sącz
◷ 10–15 min

Nature, recreation and views

Miejska Góra with its Forest Pier and Orbisfera, the Stawy ponds, Bobrowisko and views over the Poprad valley.

Places of memory and cemeteries

The old cemetery with St Roch’s Church, the war cemetery and the mass grave at Piaski.