Churches and monasteries
a Neo-Romanesque Franciscan church from 1908, known for its annual altar nativity scene and the Calvary next door
Churches and monasteries
a new Franciscan church with a clinker facade and a dome, blessed in 2023
Churches and monasteries
Franciscan church set up in a former restaurant, a parish church until 2023
Churches and monasteries
Stations of the Cross and rosary chapels in a park by the Kłodnica, next to the Franciscan monastery
Churches and monasteries
modern church with mosaics, a figure of St Barbara made of coal and a Späth organ
Churches and monasteries in Ligota-Panewniki, a Katowice district: the Franciscan basilica, Panewniki Calvary and three parish churches.
The district is best known for its Franciscan monastery complex, but there are more churches here, from a neo-Romanesque basilica of the early 20th century to a church consecrated in 2023. It suits anyone who wants to combine the basilica, a park of chapels and contemporary parish churches in one walk.
The heart of the district is formed by the Basilica of St Louis the King and the Assumption at Panewnicka 76 and the neighbouring Panewniki Calvary.
The basilica was raised of clinker brick in 1905-1908 as the neo-Romanesque monastery church of the Franciscans. It is in the register of monuments and has had the title of minor basilica since 1974. The church is seventy-six metres long, its facade is twenty-eight metres high and its two towers rise forty-eight metres each. A nativity scene is set up beside it every year. The Calvary occupies a park by the monastery, with chapels for the Passion and Marian devotion. Its beginnings go back to 1909, when wooden posts with pictures marked the spots of future chapels. Stones from the Holy Land were placed in 1911, and the stations were blessed on 16 July of that year by Fr Wilhelm Rogosz.
The newest is the Church of St Anthony of Padua on Panewnicka Street, built in 2019-2023 and blessed on 4 June 2023.
It forms a piece of the friars' monastery at Stare Panewniki, and Grzegorz Ratajski designed it. Before that the parish used the former church of St Anthony at Panewnicka 463, arranged in 1958 in a building that had been a restaurant. Since 2023 the new church has taken over its role, and the old building is now only a former parish church. It is more a historical curiosity than a sightseeing stop.
Yes, the parish church of Our Lady of the Rosary on Zadole Street was under construction from 1985 until 1992.
The decision about the parish and building was taken in 1983 by Bishop Herbert Bednorz, and John Paul II blessed the foundation stone at Muchowiec airfield. The church and its interior were designed by Michał Kuczmiński, and Robert Szota directed the construction. In later years mosaics, figures and an organ were added. Nearby are also cemeteries and monuments in Ligota-Panewniki, a wider look at the region is churches and monasteries in Silesia, and the full district set is on the Ligota-Panewniki page.
Five places are described: the basilica, the Calvary, Our Lady of the Rosary and two churches of St Anthony, old and new.
Grzegorz Ratajski. The church was blessed in June 2023.
Chapels in a park by the friars' monastery, built around the Passion and Marian themes. They date back to 1909.
Since 1974. The building itself dates from 1905-1908.
