Top 20 Natural Monuments in Silesian Voivodeship

Tekla Poplar

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Canadian poplar - a hybrid created from the crossing of the black poplar with the American poplar. The "Tekla" poplar is one of the thickest in Poland, with a circumference of 7.24 m and a height of 1.30 m. According to the measurement from 2013, it is 31.50 m high, which places it in 92nd place among deciduous trees in Poland.

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Malinowska Rock

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The Malinowska Skała (Malinowski Rock) is a popular tourist destination with many beautiful views. With an altitude of 1152 m, it is one of the higher mountains in the Barania ridge in the Silesian Beskids. Here also runs the famous trail from Salmopolska Pass to the mountain Skrzyczne.

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Viewing tower on Barania Góra

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Stunning views of the Tatra Mountains. So good, you'll lose your mind. You'll just want to jump for joy (just be careful not to fall off that tower!)

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Klimczok (1,117 meters)

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Views of the Silesian Beskids, Żywiecki and the Tatra Mountains.

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Hala Rysianka

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Hala Rysianka is a vast, former shepherd's pasture located at an altitude of about 1290 m above sea level in the Żywiec Beskids. It is one of the most scenic places in the Beskids – with good weather, you can admire Pilsko, Babia Góra, the Tatra Mountains, and Malá Fatra from here. There is also a popular PTTK mountain hut on the pasture. The hut serves craft beer.

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Ogrodzieniec Castle

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For a ruin, the complex is quite well preserved. Several spiral staircases for access to the upper floor. Currently somewhat restricted due to construction work. The facility also includes a torture cellar (located a little next door).

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Okiennik Wielki

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The Great Window, also known as the Large Window, - a group of limestone rocks, located in Piaseczno in the Kroczyce commune, in the Zawiercie district, in the Silesian voivodship. The most recognizable element of the group is a rock with a "window" - a rock opening measuring approx. 7 × 5 meters.
According to historians, around the 12th – 13th centuries, at the foot of the rocks, there was a fortified town with a wooden structure; traces of the walls were still visible in the 19th century. The rock with the rock window was a keep, the walls were reinforced with a rampart. The entrance led through a natural chimney in the rock. There is a carved hole in the rock window, which was probably used to fasten the structure made of wooden logs that covers the rock window.
In a natural cave below the window, archaeologists have found flint tools dating back about 60,000 years, i.e. the Middle Palaeolithic. They testify that the cave was then inhabited by prehistoric people. Archaeologists included them in the Mikocko-Prądnik culture.
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White Cross

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I would like to offer the pilgrim pausing before this magnificent, small sacred monument, Pope Leo XIV's welcoming words as a brief meditation. Immediately after his election, before he bestowed the traditional blessing "urbi et orbi" (to the city and the world) on the waiting faithful, he addressed the people gathered in St. Peter's Square, as well as those participating via radio, television, and the internet, with these moving words:
+ "Peace be with you all! Dear brothers and sisters, this is the first greeting of the Risen Christ, the Good Shepherd... I too desire that this greeting of peace enter your hearts, reach your families, all people, wherever they are, all nations, the whole earth. Peace be with you! This is the peace of the Risen Christ, an unarmed and disarming peace, humble and persevering. It comes from God, the God who loves us all unconditionally."
(Robert Francis Prevost / Pope Leo XIV)

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Czupel Peak (933 m)

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The way to the top is not complicated and difficult. You can reach the summit from various directions - from the Przegibek Pass (blue trail), Straconka (Bielsko Biała) (green, blue), Czernichowa (blue), Wilkowice (black and green, blue), Łodygowice (red, blue), Międzybrodzie Bialskie (red, blue). It does not require any additional equipment, although the poles will always help. However, it is worth choosing good footwear. Wooded peak, no spectacular views, sometimes glades appear along the way and then you can see something there. On the way, it is worth visiting the PTTK hostel on Magurka.

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