Discover 7 hidden attractions, cool sights, and unusual things to do in Biała Podlaska (Poland). Don't miss out on these must-see attractions: St. Anne's Church, Muzeum Południowego Podlasia, and Kościół Chrystusa Miłosiernego. Also, be sure to include Cerkiew Świętych Cyryla i Metodego in your itinerary.
Below, you can find the list of the most amazing places you should visit in Biała Podlaska (Lublin).
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St. Anne's Church
Also known as: Kościół św. Anny w Białej Podlaskiej
Catholic church in Biała Podlaska, Poland. St. Anne's Church, in Biała Podlaska, Poland is a Baroque Roman Catholic church. It was originally built in 1572, on the site of an earlier shrine, as a Protestant church dedicated to the Arianism doctrine. The Protestants were expelled in 1596 by Mikołaj Krzysztof "the Orphan" Radziwiłł. Between 1597 and 1603 it was rebuilt as a Catholic church, being dedicated to Saint Anne in 1603. The church is built in the shape of a Latin cross.
In a Flèche Katarzyna Sobieska, the sister of King of Poland and wife propraetor of Biała Michał Kazimierz Radziwiłł, installed Crescent under a cross in memory Battle of Vienna.
Near to the church there can also be found:
- Wooden vicar house "Wikarówka" of the 18th century with a roof made of shingle
- Bell tower of 1765
- Presbytery of 1750, a wooden building line with bricks in 1803 year.
Muzeum Południowego Podlasia
Museum
Kościół Chrystusa Miłosiernego
Christ the Merciful Church in Biała Podlaska - a postmodern parish church in Biała Podlaska.
Address: 53 Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego, Biała Podlaska
Cerkiew Świętych Cyryla i Metodego
The Orthodox Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius is an Orthodox parish church in Biala Podlaska. It belongs to the Biała Podlaska deanery of the Lublin-Chelm Diocese of the Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church.
The temple was built in 1985-1989 on 19 Terebelska Street. The consecration took place on September 24, 1989. The building was erected from a private foundation of Nikifor Kuzmicki, who covered 2/3 of the investment costs, and from donations of the faithful. As a parish church in Biala Podlaska it replaced an older, wooden temple located within the neighbouring Orthodox cemetery. The temple is two-level, the patron of the lower church is St. Athanasius Brest. There is an icon with a piece of his relics in the building.
In the interior there is a contemporary iconostasis and icons from non-existent churches of Southern Podlasie. Polychromy was made by Eugeniusz Swinarczuk from Kowel in Ukraine. On the facade of the church there is a painting depicting its patrons.
Next to the church there is a parish house. The temple is surrounded by a small active cemetery - established in 1810 as a Uniate one, from 1870 - an Orthodox one, with tombstones from the 19th century and younger.
The church was extensively renovated in 2013-2014; its rededication was performed on September 21, 2014 by Archbishop Abel of Lublin and Chelm.
Near the church, on Zytnia Street, is the Center for Orthodox Culture.
Kościół Bł. Honorata
Church
Address: 50a Terebelska, Biała Podlaska
Ławeczka Józefa Ignacego Kraszewskiego
The bench of Józef Ignacy Kraszewski - monument unveiled on September 12, 2008.
The initiative to build the second Kraszewski monument in Biała Podlaska was taken by Prof. Krzysztof Stępnik from the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin. The author of the monument is sculptor Grzegorz Maślewski, lecturer at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. The construction was sponsored by an honorary committee chaired by the city's mayor, Andrzej Czapski. The cast of the monument was made in Niepołomice.
The first Kraszewski monument in Biała Podlaska was erected in 1928 at the intersection of Zamkowa and Warszawska streets.
Address: Kraszewskiego 1, Biała Podlaska
Kościół Michała Archanioła
Church