The Golgotha of the Beskids ( pl, Golgota Beskidów) is a
Way of the Cross
The Stations of the Cross or the Way of the Cross, also known as the Way of Sorrows or the Via Crucis, refers to a series of images depicting Jesus Christ on the day of his crucifixion and accompanying prayers. The stations grew out of imitati ...
on the Matyska hill in the
Radziechowy
Radziechowy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Radziechowy-Wieprz, within Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Żywiec
Żywiec () (german: Saybusch) is a town in south ...
village, near
Żywiec
Żywiec () (german: Saybusch) is a town in southern Poland with 31,194 inhabitants (2019). Between 1975 and 1998, it was located within the Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship, but has since become part of the Silesian Voivodeship.It is the capital of Ż ...
, in the
Silesian Beskids
Silesian Beskids (Polish: , Czech: , german: Schlesische Beskiden) is one of the Beskids mountain ranges in Outer Western Carpathians in southern Silesian Voivodeship, Poland and the eastern Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic.
Most of the ...
of south
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...
.
See also
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Millennium Cross
The Millennium Cross ( mk, Милениумски крст, ''Mileniumski krst'') is a 66-metre (217 ft) tall cross situated on the top of Vodno Mountain in the Republic of North Macedonia above the capital city of Skopje. Built in 2002, it ...
, in
North Macedonia
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Soko Grad cross, in
Serbia
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''Golgota Beskidów''(pl)
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Catholic sculpture
Silesian Beskids
Monumental crosses
Polish sculpture
Żywiec County