Bulandowa Kapliczka, Gorce National Park

Bulanda's chapel - a chapel in the clearing of Jaworzyna Kamienicka on Jaworzyna Kamienicka - the second highest peak in the Gorce Mountains. It was founded in 1904 by Tomasz Chlipała, the most famous shepherd from Gorce, called Bulanda, who for more than 50 years was engaged in shepherding sheep and oxen on this clearing. In addition, he was a well-known medicine man, healed people and animals, and was also considered a sorcerer.

There are many folk tales about this shrine. According to one of them Bulanda saw in his sleep numerous souls atoning for their sins, wandering in the mountains and having nowhere to bend their knees to kneel before the consecrated place. He founded a chapel for them. It is guarded by venomous snakes. Indeed, Bulanda lived to a ripe old age and was rich by local standards, but his income came mainly from shepherding. According to another version, Bulanda's daughter, who died earlier, asked her father in a dream to build a chapel in the clearing, using local materials: stones and sand and spring water from the Kamienica stream near Borek Pass.

There is also a legend associated with the chapel which says that Bulanda erected the chapel on the spot where he found the treasure, and under the chapel he hid his magic book. Another version of the legend says that Bulanda hid these found treasures in this place. Its owners were said to have deposited the treasure precisely there, in the belief that the Lord God would guard the robber's goods, and people, fearing sacrilege, would never move it. However, Tomasz Chlipała revealed his secrets to one of the shepherds from near Babia Góra just before his death. Supposedly, when he tried to dig out the treasure from there, a lightning bolt or vipers scared him off.

The shrine is located in the upper corner of one of the most beautiful clearings in Gorce. Beautifully presented from here is the nearby Kudłoń and Gorc, extensive views of the Beskid Sądecki and Wyspowy. Next to it there are benches for tourists. By the tourist trail on the edge of the clearing the information board with a panorama of the peaks that can be seen from here. Next to the chapel, on the western side the yellow trail leading through the forest to Zbójecka Jama, which is associated with many legends.

The chapel is the oldest sacred monument in the Gorce National Park. In 1996, 92 years old chapel was renovated by the employees of GPN and the heir of Tomasz Chlipala. It is located within the village of Zasadne in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in the Limanowa district, in the municipality of Kamienica.