Discover 11 hidden attractions, cool sights, and unusual things to do in Sanok (Poland). Don't miss out on these must-see attractions: Skansen, St. Nicholas' Church, and Sanok Castle. Also, be sure to include Muzeum Historyczne w Sanoku in your itinerary.
Below, you can find the list of the most amazing places you should visit in Sanok (Subcarpathian).
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Skansen
Also known as: Muzeum Budownictwa Ludowego w Sanoku
Museum in Sanok, Poland. The Rural Architecture Museum of Sanok is one of the biggest open-air museums in Poland. It was established in 1958 by Aleksander Rybicki and contains 200 buildings which have been relocated from different areas of Sanok Land. The Sanok museum shows 19th and early 20th century life in this area of Poland.[1]
St. Nicholas' Church
Also known as: Kościół z Bączala Dolnego
Church in Poland. St. Nicholas' Church in Bączal Dolny, Poland, is a Gothic church from the seventeenth-century. Since the 1970s, the church is part of the Museum of Folk Architecture in Sanok.
The temple illustrates a typical Lesser Polish wooden church's architecture, and remains one of the most prized buildings of religious heritage in south-eastern Poland.
The rector of the church from 1939 to 1948 was Florian Zając, a chaplain of the Home Army.[2]
Sanok Castle
Also known as: Zamek Królewski w Sanoku
Museum in Sanok, Poland. The Sanok Royal Castle was built in the late 14th century in Sanok, Poland. The castle is situated on the San River at hill 317 m above sea level on a steep slope. Today it is the seat of the Sanok Historical Museum.[3]
Address: Zamkowa 2, 38-500 Sanok
Muzeum Historyczne w Sanoku
Historical Museum in Sanok - a regional museum based in Sanok.
It houses the world's largest collection of Zdzislaw Beksinski's works. The museum also has collections of ancient and modern art. In Podkarpackie province it is the third largest museum in terms of the number of visitors (after the Museum in Lancut and the Folk Architecture Museum in Sanok).
Address: Zamkowa 2, 38-500 Sanok
The Zdzisław Beksiński Gallery
The Zdzisław Beksiński Subcarpathian Center for Contemporary Art in Sanok is a contemporary art gallery located in an extension wing of Sanok's castle.
The gallery is to be a monument to Zdzislaw Beksinski, a native of Sanok, who donated several thousand of his works to the Sanok institution. According to the artist's last will, the Historical Museum in Sanok has become his sole heir.
Muzeum Budownictwa Ludowego w Sanoku
Museum in Sanok, Poland. The Rural Architecture Museum of Sanok is one of the biggest open-air museums in Poland. It was established in 1958 by Aleksander Rybicki and contains 200 buildings which have been relocated from different areas of Sanok Land. The Sanok museum shows 19th and early 20th century life in this area of Poland.[4]
Address: Traugutta 3, 38-500 Sanok
Kościół pw. Podwyższenia Krzyża Świętego
Franciscan Church and Monastery in Sanok - a neo-Romanesque church and monastery complex in Sanok.
Under the jurisdiction of the Franciscan Province of St. Anthony of Padua and Blessed James Strzemię of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Krakow
The monastery is located in the Srodmiescie district of Sanok at 7 Franciszkańska street, and on its eastern side it is situated above a steep escarpment rising from Podgórze street in the western part of the Błonie district. The Franciscan church adjoins the monastery from the northern side. The main entrance to the church in the corner of the southeastern frontage of the Sanok market square.
Address: Franciszkańska 7, 38-500 Sanok
Cerkiew z Ropek
Church of the Nativity of the Mother of God in Ropki - Greek Catholic church, built in 1801 in Ropki. Since 2001 in the Folk Architecture Museum in Sanok.
This is one of the most beautiful Lemko Orthodox churches.
Cerkiew katedralna Świętej Trójcy
Holy Trinity Cathedral - an Orthodox parish church in Sanok. It belongs to Sanok deanery of Przemyśl-Ogorlice diocese of Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church. The church is located at 14 Zamkowa Street.
It is a brick building erected in 1784-1789 in classical style, with Baroque side altars and a full iconostasis with a 17th century icon of the Virgin and Child.
Established as the cathedral of the Diocese of Przemysl and Novi Sad in 1983; served as such until 2016.
This church is not typical. Except the main altar and iconostasis it has two side sacrificial altars. Both quite single, they symbolize those Orthodox churches which used to be in Sanok in the past. The first altar located on the right side is a symbol of the Orthodox church which used to stand on the castle square, the second altar is dedicated to the icon of Virgin Mary, which was moved from the Orthodox church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary demolished in 1790.
It is located adjacent to the castle by the ruins of the city walls.
Address: Zamkowa 16, 38-500 Sanok
Kościół Chrystusa Króla
Christ the King Church in Sanok - the temple of the parish of Christ the King in Sanok.
It is located in the Wójtostwo district of Sanok, on its main road, 55 Jana Pawła II Street.
Kościół pw. Przemienienia Pańskiego
Church of the Transfiguration of Our Lord in Sanok - a neo-Romanesque temple of the Roman Catholic Parish of the Transfiguration of Our Lord in Sanok located at St. Michael's Square, commonly known as the Fara.
The building is adjacent to Gregory of Sanok Street on the east side and to Walnut Street on the west side.