Czestochowa

Top Tourist Attractions and Things to do in Czestochowa

Top Tourist Attractions and Things to do in Czestochowa: Paulite Monastery of Jasna Góra, Chapel of Our Lady, 600th Anniversary Museum, U Braci, Dobry Rok.

Paulite Monastery of Jasna Góra

Poland’s spiritual capital began with the arrival of the Paulite order from Hungary in 1382, who named the 293m hill in the western part of the city ‘Jasna Góra’ (Bright Hill) and erected this monastery.

Chapel of Our Lady

The oldest part of the Paulite Monastery of Jasna Góra contains the revered Black Madonna.

600th Anniversary Museum

This museum contains fascinating artefacts, including the founding documents of Jasna Góra from 1382 and a cross made from the steel of the World Trade Center, destroyed in New York on 11 September 2001.

U Braci

For pizza and pasta near the monastery, you could hardly do better than this authentic Italian restaurant, just a few minutes walk from the main monastery entrance.

Dobry Rok

Easily the best of a string of restaurants that line the upper end of al NMP toward the monastery.

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