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ul. Kościelna 14, 27-215 Wąchock, powiat starachowicki, województwo świętokrzyskie
One of the most valuable monuments of Romanesque-Gothic architecture in Poland. The Cistercians were brought here in 1179 by the Kraków bishop Gedeon Gryfita from the abbey in Morimond. The stone abbey was built in 1218-1239 by the Italian workshop of Brother Simon, modelled on Tuscan architecture.
The church of St Florian and the Assumption of the BVM with the first use of cross-ribbed vaults in Poland, the chapter house, the refectory and the fraternia with a palm vault. The abbey was closed in 1819 and reactivated in 1951.
The abbey is open to visitors; details on the website.
Wąchock on the Kamienna river, Starachowice county.
