The Lesser Poland Way is one of the
Polish
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routes of the
Way of St. James
The Camino de Santiago ( la, Peregrinatio Compostellana, "Pilgrimage of Compostela"; gl, O Camiño de Santiago), known in English as the Way of St James, is a network of pilgrims' ways or pilgrimages leading to the shrine of the Twelve Apostle ...
, a medieval pilgrimage route to
Santiago de Compostela in
Spain. It runs from
Sandomierz to
Kraków through the
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 ...
and the
Świętokrzyskie Voivodship. It is an alternative path of the main
Via Regia that in the
Middle Ages ran from
Estonia through
Vilnius,
Grodno
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and
Lublin
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. The Lesser Poland Way was partially reopened on 25 October 2008. The whole route was reopened on 25 October 2009.
[ (in Polish)] another feeder route ran from
Tarnobrzeg.
The route
The traditional starting point in Sandomierz was the Dominican
Church of St. James in Sandomierz,
Sanctuary of blessed Sadok and 48 Dominican martyrs. The aim was to pass towns or villages with churches dedicated to the
Apostle James, stopping at Kraków, where there is no St. James' church, before joining other international routes.
Places with St. James church
Between Sandomierz and Kraków there are four places with a St. James' church:
*
Szczaworyż
Szczaworyż is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Busko-Zdrój, within Busko County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately east of Busko-Zdrój and south of the regional capital Kielce.
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at distance:31 km
*
Pałecznica, distance: 25 km
*
Niegardów
Niegardów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Koniusza, within Proszowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Koniusza, west of Proszowice, and north-east of the region ...
, distance: 19 km
*
Stare Więcławice, distance: 20 km
Santiago de Compostela
From
Kraków it is possible to go Santiago by two initial routes. Either using the
Via Regia through
Opole
Opole (; german: Oppeln ; szl, Ôpole) ;
* Silesian:
** Silesian PLS alphabet: ''Ôpole''
** Steuer's Silesian alphabet: ''Uopole''
* Silesian German: ''Uppeln''
* Czech: ''OpolÃ''
* Latin: ''Oppelia'', ''Oppolia'', ''Opulia'' is a city loc ...
and
Wrocław onto
Germany. The alternative is through
Oświęcim,
Żory and
Racibórz then onto the
Czech Republic.
Gallery
File:Muszla Jakuba.svg, The modern symbol of the way
File:Sandomierz św. Jakub.JPG, Sandomierz
File:Muszla Jakubowa w Sandomierzu.JPG, at St. James Church in Sandomierz
File:Klimontow kosciol.jpg, Klimontów
File:JRKRUK 20070513 PL SZCZAWORYZ KOSCIOL S.jpg, Szczaworyż
File:Åšw jakub.jpg, Skalbmierz
File:POL gmina Pałecznica COA.jpg, Pałecznica
File:Niegardow X 2008.jpg, Niegardów
File:JKRUK 20070920 WIECLAWICE STARE KOSCIOL SEside.jpg, Więcławice
File:Tyniec.jpg, Kraków - Tyniec
File:Opatowiec church 20060624 0912.jpg, Opatowiec
File:Koprzywnica church.jpg, Koprzywnica
References
External links
* Online route map
linkdetails for French and Lithuanian pilgrimsNews in English 2009in English 2008
Sandomierz
Więcławice
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Camino de Santiago
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