St James's Church in Szczyrk — a wooden monument from 1800

The wooden church of St James the Apostle is the oldest place of worship in Szczyrk, raised between 1797 and 1800 in log construction. The building, with a rectangular nave and a narrower chancel, is covered by gabled shingle roofs. Inside, the late Baroque furnishings survive — three altars, a pulpit with a relief of St Ambrose and a cycle of 14 Baroque Passion paintings from after 1814. The font and the stoups date from 1800 and the bell from 1691. Part of the furnishing came here from the Norbertine monastery in Nowy Sącz. In 2011 the church was made a diocesan sanctuary.

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Other sights in Szczyrk

Straight-line distances from „St James's Church" — calculated from real coordinates. By road it is often further.

The Skalite ski jump complexA complex of three ski jumps (HS104, HS77, K40) named after the Beskid Olympians, with a t

~330 m as the crow flies

The Sanctuary na GórceThe Sanctuary of Our Lady Queen of Poland (670 m a.s.l.) on the site of the 1894 apparitio

~1,2 km as the crow flies

Beskid Sport ArenaA year-round centre in the Biła valley with the 250-metre Tatra Bob gravity track and mode

~2,6 km as the crow flies

KlimczokA popular peak (1,117 m a.s.l.) with a PTTK mountain hut and the legend of the highwayman

~3,0 km as the crow flies

SkrzyczneThe highest peak of the Silesian Beskids (1,257 m a.s.l.) with a panorama of the Żywiec Ba

~3,8 km as the crow flies

Szczyrk Mountain ResortThe largest modern mountain centre in the Beskids — a 10-seat gondola and year-round attra

~4,0 km as the crow flies

Magurka WiślańskaA scenic peak (1,140 m a.s.l.) on the ridge between Szczyrk and Wisła, with the Mur and Ba

~10 km as the crow flies

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