By the end of the 13th century, on Silesian lands there were 20 monasteries of the Franciscan Order, founded by local princes, who often chose the Franciscan churches to their ancestral mausoleums. After Wroclaw and Krakow, Opole was another...

Wawel Hill is built from limestone, originating from the earlier part of the Jurassic period. The Dragon's Den was formed by karst processes at a later date. It is these processes that have formed the rich variety of sculptures inside the cave,...

"Dupka” is an old Polish term for a hole in the ground. This unique cave is situated among a clump of beech trees behind a Youth Hostel in Siedlec on top of a hill called “Dupka”.

The Dziura Cave was formed in Triassic limestone most likely due to water activity at high temperature and large quantities of carbon dioxide. These waters seeped under pressure through numerous fissures, dissolving the rock and creating karst voids.

During World War II the Germans built a whole system of air-raid shelters in Krakow which were to protect the authorities and administrative staff in the event of air raids. These shelters are now a relic of the military history of the city.

The Gleboka Grotto, located in Krucze Rocks on Mount Zborow, was discovered during the operations to extract calcite before World War II. Entry was gained by the so-called Szpatowcow Funnel, which is currently also used by tourists.

Mining in the vicinity of the Zloty Stok has a tradition stretching back more than 1,000 years. Probably since medieval times, the local people have extracted gold from rich veins or the alluvial deposits in the mountain streams. First written...

The mine was founded in 1855 by Count Guido Henckel von Donnersmarck and took his name from its name. In the 1960’s it was transformed into the Experimental Coal Mine “M-300” and in 1982 the mine became a branch of the Museum of Coal Mining in...

The only underground tourist route in Poland that allows exploration of the underground passages of a former mine containing silver-bearing ore. The route is 1740m long and includes a boat ride along a 270m long underground section.

JASKINIA WIERZCHOWSKA GÓRNA powstała w wapieniach górnojurajskich stanowiąc doskonały przykład podziemnej formy krasowej. Długość Jaskini Wierzchowskiej to prawie 1000 m podziemnego labiryntu wiodącego przez bajkowe w wystroju i ukształtowaniu...

The history of city of Klodawa dates back to 2000BC, with evidence of excavated tombs and burial mounds in the surrounding area. It is a city that can boast about possessing its civic rights for nearly 600 years. The rapidly growing city was...

The most famous and distinctive structure in Klodzko is the huge fortress that towers over the city, taking over the hill known earlier as Fortress Mount. It is one of the best preserved examples of fortification systems.

These are the remnants after centuries of exploitation of iron ore and uranium from the 1920’s. The exploration and research mineshaft No. 9 of the uranium mine is open to visitors, which at the end of the 20th century was the training adit of...

Lomza, as the capital of the province and an important crossing point of the River Narew, became a separate fortress, whose task was the defence, along with other fortresses in Warsaw, Modlin and Osowiec, the western border of the Tsarist...

The underground trail that runs beneath the Old Town is a complex of 16th and 17th century cellars that lead from the dungeons of the Court of the Crown under the Market Square, Zlota Str. and Archidiakonska Str. up to Plac Po Farze.