Szczyrzyc Abbey ( pl, Opactwo Cystersów w Szczyrzycu) is a
Cistercian abbey
An abbey is a type of monastery used by members of a religious order under the governance of an abbot or abbess. Abbeys provide a complex of buildings and land for religious activities, work, and housing of Christian monks and nuns.
The con ...
founded in 1234 in the village of
Szczyrzyc,
Poland
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. It continues to function as a monastery and is one of the Polish
Shrines to the Virgin Mary.
Cistercian monasteries in Poland
Limanowa County
Churches in Lesser Poland Voivodeship
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