Wadowice
Wadowice is a small town in Małopolskie Province in southern Poland. It's best known as the 1920 birthplace of Karol Wojtyła, Pope John Paul II. Wadowice and the nearby monastery at Kalwaria Zebrzydowska have become pilgrimage sites, easily reached on a day-trip from Kraków.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Holy Father John Paul II Family Home, Wadowice and Church of Presentation of Virgin Mary in Wadowice.
Holy Father John Paul II Family Home, Wadowice
Museum
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The Holy Father John Paul II Family Home in Wadowice, Poland was the family home and birthplace of Karol Józef Wojtyła, who was elected Pope John Paul II in 1978, and canonised after his death.
Saint Joseph church in Wadowice
Monastery
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Saint Joseph church in Wadowice is a monastery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tomice and Jaroszowice.
Tomice
Village
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Tomice is a village in Wadowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Tomice.
Jaroszowice
Village
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Jaroszowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wadowice, within Wadowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland.
Gorzeń Dolny
Village
Gorzeń Dolny is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wadowice, within Wadowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. The village of Gorzeń was first mentioned in 1390 and was differentiated into two parts after the 16th century.
Wadowice
- Type: Town with 17,900 residents
- Description: city of Poland
- Categories: city and locality
- Location: Gmina Wadowice, Wadowice County, Małopolskie, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
49.8834° or 49° 53′ 0″ northLongitude
19.4925° or 19° 29′ 33″ eastPopulation
17,900Elevation
271 metres (889 feet)OpenStreetMap ID
node 256355278OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Western Frisian—“Wadowice” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Վադովիցե”
- Asturian: “Wadowice”
- Belarusian: “Вадавіцы”
- Belarusian: “Вадовіцы”
- Bulgarian: “Вадовице”
- Catalan: “Wadowice”
- Cebuano: “Wadowice”
- Chechen: “Вадовице”
- Chinese: “瓦多維采”
- Chinese: “瓦多维采”
- Croatian: “Wadowice”
- Czech: “Vadovice”
- Czech: “Wadowice”
- Danish: “Wadowice”
- Dutch: “Frauenstadt”
- Dutch: “Wadowice”
- Dutch: “Wadowitz”
- Esperanto: “Wadowice”
- Estonian: “Wadowice”
- Finnish: “Wadowice”
- French: “Wadowice”
- German: “Frauenstadt”
- German: “Wadowice”
- German: “Wadowitz”
- Greek: “Βαντοβίτσε”
- Hebrew: “ואדוביץ”
- Hebrew: “ואדוביצה”
- Hebrew: “ודוביצה”
- Hebrew: “וודוביצה”
- Hungarian: “Wadowice”
- Ido: “Wadowice”
- Indonesian: “Wadowice”
- Indonesian: “Wadowitz”
- Irish: “Wadowice”
- Italian: “Wadowice”
- Japanese: “ヴァドヴィツェ”
- Javanese: “Wadowice”
- Korean: “바도비체”
- Latvian: “Vadovice”
- Latvian: “Wadowice”
- Lithuanian: “Vadovicai”
- Malay: “Wadowice”
- Maltese: “Wadowice”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Wadowice”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Wadowitz”
- Norwegian: “Wadowice”
- Persian: “وادوویتسه”
- Polish: “Wadowice”
- Portuguese: “Wadowice”
- Romanian: “Wadowice”
- Russian: “Вадовице”
- Scots: “Wadowice”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Wadowice”
- Serbian: “Вадовице”
- Sicilian: “Wadowice”
- Silesian: “Wadowice”
- Silesian: “Wadowicy”
- Slovak: “Wadowice”
- Slovenian: “Wadowice”
- Spanish: “Wadowice”
- Swahili: “Wadowice”
- Swedish: “Wadowice”
- Tatar: “Вадовитсе”
- Turkish: “Wadowice”
- Ukrainian: “Вадовиці”
- Ukrainian: “Вадовичі”
- Ukrainian: “Вадовіце”
- Urdu: “وادوویتسے”
- Venetian: “Wadowice”
- Vietnamese: “Wadowice”
- Waray (Philippines): “Wadowice”
- Welsh: “Wadowice”
- Western Frisian: “Wadowice”
- “Wadowice”
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