Category
page 1Franciscan monasteries in Poland
Niepokalanów
Niepokalanów monastery (so called City of the Immaculate Mother of God) is a Roman Catholic religious community situated in Teresin (near the Warsaw-Łowicz railway line, about 42 km to the west from the capital of Poland). It was founded in autumn 1927 by Friar Minor Conventual – Maximilian Kolbe, who was later canonized as a saint-martyr of the Catholic Church.
thumbtime=1|thumb|240px|Presbytery and the southern wing of the basilica in Niepokalanów
thumb|240px|Radio building (2025)
thumb|240px|Replica of St Maximilian's room
thumb|240px|Old wooden chapel (1927-29)
thumb|240px|Niepokalanów – p
Church of St. Francis of Assisi
church and Franciscan monastery in Kraków, Poland