Lesser Poland Way
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The Lesser Poland Way is one of the Polish routes of the Way of St. James, a medieval pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. It runs from Sandomierz to Kraków through the Lesser Poland Voivodeship 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 and Lublin. The Lesser Poland Way was partially reopened on 25 October 2008. The whole route was reopened on 25 October 2009.{{Cite book|last = Wyrwa|first = Andrzej Marek|title = Święty Jakub Apostoł. Malakologiczne i historyczne ślady peregrynacji z ziem polskich do Santiago de Compostela,|date = 2009|publisher = Muzeum Pierwszych Piastów na Lednicy|place = Lednica – Poznań|pages = passim}} (in Polish) Another feeder route ran from
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 at distance:31 km
- Pałecznica, distance: 25 km
- Niegardów, distance: 19 km
- Stare Więcławice, distance: 20 km
Santiago de Compostela
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:Św 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
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External links
- Online route map: [https://archive.today/20130903024806/http://hiking.waymarkedtrails.org/pl/relation/3160951 link]
- [http://sandomierz.wordpress.com/about/ details for French and Lithuanian pilgrims]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkxG9WIz4SI News in English 2009]; [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J9KZCQ6a8U in English 2008]
- [http://sandomierz.wordpress.com/ Sandomierz]
- [http://www.malopolskadroga.swjakub.pl/ Więcławice]
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