Swieta Lipka is a village within Kętrzyn County. The village is known for the pilgrimage church, Our Dear Lady of Swieta Lipka, where the road leads among baroque chapels of the Rosary, set 6km route. The Sanctuary is historic monument of outstanding value listed as one of the most magnificent objects of late Baroque in Poland. The architectural complex consisting of a church, cloisters and a monastery has preserved rich and varied ornamentation in an almost unchanged state. At the church courtyard entered through a Baroque gate from the first half of the eighteenth century. In the Basilica we can admire the Baroque organ with moving figures, made in 1721r. The ornamentation consist of stone and wooden sculptures, wall and canvas paintings, goldsmiths and wood-carvers objects together with artistic blacksmith work and ironwork masterpieces in such abundance that can seldom be encountered anywhere. The picture is completed with the complex’s picturesque location at the bottom of valley surrounded by forests. So in recent years, Swieta Lipka has also become a place of rest and recreation. Forests and lakes attract more and more tourists.
churches and holy placesWarmia-Masuria, PolandSwieta Lipka, Warmia-Masuria, Poland