Kościelec is a
village in the administrative district of
Gmina Proszowice
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Gmina Proszowice is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Proszowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Proszowice, which lies approximately north-east of the regional capital Krakà ...
, within
Proszowice County,
Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Lesser Poland Voivodeship or Lesser Poland Province (in pl, województwo małopolskie ), also known as Małopolska, is a voivodeship (province), in southern Poland. It has an area of , and a population of
3,404,863 (2019).
It was created on 1 ...
, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of
Proszowice
Proszowice is a town in southern Poland, situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Kraków Voivodeship (1975–1998). Its population numbers 6,206 inhabitants (2004). It is the capital of Proszowice County, and the t ...
and north-east of the regional capital
Kraków.
In the centre of the village is situated the church of Saint
Adalbert of Prague (św.Wojciech in polish). It was founded in 1231 by the bishop of Kraków, Wisław Zabawa. The church is
Romanesque in origin but rebuilt and restored many times, notably in the
Baroque
The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...
style.
References
Villages in Proszowice County
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