Czestochowa
Częstochowa is a city in south
Poland on the
Warta River with 255,500 inhabitants (2000). Situated in the
Silesian Voivodship (since 1999), previously capital of
Czestochowa Voivodship (1975-1998).
This town is known for the famous Paulite monastery that is the home of the Black Madonna painting, a shrine of the Virgin Mary. Each year, thousands of pilgrims come to Częstochowa to see it.
There are also another two historical sites:
- a Lusatian culture excavation site and museum
- ruins of a medieval castle
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