Alwernia

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Alwernia is a Polish town situated some 36 kilometres west of Kraków in the Chrzanów district of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship. The town, as well as possessing a large chemical works, is a centre for recreation and tourism. ()

Alternative names: Population: 3.4 thous.Area: 3.43 mi²Coordinates: 50°3'46"N, 19°32'30"E

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Nearby attractions include: Tenczyn Castle, Lipowiec Castle, Tenczynek Landscape Park, Nadwiślański Park Etnograficzny.

3.2 miNE
Forts and castles
Tenczyn Castle
83 min walk • Tenczyn Castle, a historic fortress, stands as a majestic ruin in the small town of Rudno, Poland, atop a dormant volcanic cone. Its towering remnants evoke a bygone era, when it served as one of the most important castles in the region.
4.4 miW
Forts and castles
Lipowiec Castle
113 min walk • Lipowiec Castle, perched atop a steep hill in the picturesque landscape of southern Poland, stands as a stoic reminder of the region's medieval past. This historic fortress, dating back to the 13th century, was initially constructed as a watchtower but gradually...
5.3 miNE
Park
Tenczynek Landscape Park
136 min walk • Tenczynek Landscape Park is a protected area in southern Poland, established in 1981, and covering an area of 117.47 square kilometres. The Park lies within Lesser Poland Voivodeship: in Chrzanów County and Kraków County. It takes its name from the village of Tenczynek in Gmina Krzeszowice.
4.6 miW
Museum, History museum
Nadwiślański Park Etnograficzny
118 min walk • Nadwiślański Park Etnograficzny - the name of the open-air ethnographic museum established in 1968 in the village of Wygiełzów in the commune of Babice, Małopolskie province, where examples of the wooden architecture of the Western Krakowiaks...
6.5 miSW
City hall
Zamek w Zatorze, Zator
167 min walk • Castle in Zator - actually a palace, originally a defensive ducal castle from the 14th century, the seat of the Zator dukes of the Upper Silesian Piast line, later the royal starosts.
6.4 miNE
50°8'9"N • 19°37'49"E
Kapliczka - pierwsze ujęcie wód leczniczych, Krzeszowice
163 min walk • Wayside shrine
2.7 miN
Entertainment
Alvernia Studios
70 min walk • Alvernia Studios is a film studio located near Kraków, Poland, 18 km from the Kraków-Balice Airport, with additional offices in Mumbai and Warsaw. The studio produces international features for theatrical release, video games, music projects and commercials.
4.8 miE
Forts and castles
Dwór Rostworowskich
122 min walk • Manor in Rybna - located in Rybna, in the municipality of Czernichów, in the district of Kraków.
3.9 miSE
Church
Kościół pw. Opieki Matki Bożej
99 min walk • Parish of the Protection of Our Lady in Kamień - a Roman Catholic parish belonging to the Czernichów deanery of the Kraków archdiocese.
5.1 miN
Church
Kościół pw. Świętego Maksymiliana Marii Kolbego w Woli Filipowskiej
132 min walk • St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe Parish in Wola Filipowska - a parish of the Archdiocese of Krakow of the Catholic Church of the Latin rite, forming part of the Krzeszowice deanery.
5.7 miNE
City gate
Brama Zwierzyniecka
145 min walk • Zwierzyniecka Gate - a monument in the neo-Gothic style from the second half of the nineteenth century, located in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in the district of Kraków, in the municipality of Krzeszowice, in Tenczynku.