Ojców is a village in
Gmina Skała, in
Kraków County,
Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland.
It is one of the sights of the
Eagle Nests Trail
The Trail of the Eagles' Nests ( pl, Szlak Orlich Gniazd) of south-western Poland, is a marked trail along a chain of 25 medieval castles between Częstochowa and Kraków. The Trail of the Eagles' Nests was first marked by Kazimierz Sosnowski. Si ...
(''Szlak Orlich Gniazd''), as there are the ruins of a
gothic castle near the village. The village is where the authorities of the
Ojców National Park (the smallest of Poland's 23
national parks
A national park is a natural park in use for conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individua ...
) have their headquarters. It lies approximately south-west of
Skała
Skała is a town in southern Poland, situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Kraków Voivodeship (1975–1998). On December 31, 2010, its population was 3,646.
Skala is one of the oldest town of Lesser Poland. In ...
and north-west of the regional capital
Kraków
Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...
.
References
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Villages in Kraków County