Attractions and Places To See around gmina Kępno - Top 17

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And again a beautiful church

Kobyla Góra is the highest elevation in Wielkopolska (284 m above sea level), located in the Ostrzeszów Hills range. At its peak there is the Greater Poland Jubilee Cross, commemorative stones and the John Paul II Bell, which tolls daily at 3:00 p.m. This place serves an important pilgrimage and sightseeing function, offering distant views, including the Eastern Sudetes and the Opole Power Plant. Several hiking and cycling trails lead to the peak, including the Trans-Greater Poland Cycling Route.

Church of St. Nicholas from 1780-81. Built from the foundation of Jan and Elżbieta Siewierski, Józef Wojakowski and Jan Grzymała Wiewiórkowski, by master Jan Kurzawa. Restored in the 1980s. A wooden church, single-nave, log construction. Not oriented. Two chapels on the sides, creating an apparent transept, closed rectangularly with ridges lower than the main nave. Smaller presbytery from the nave, closed on three sides with a side sacristy. Porch on the side of the nave. Low tower of post-and-beam construction, with a porch in the ground floor at the front. Topped with a tented roof with a tin, onion-shaped dome. Double-ridge roof, covered with sheet metal with a turret for a bell tower. Topped with an onion-shaped dome with a lantern. Flat ceiling inside with coffered decoration. Choir supported by two columns with a late Baroque organ prospect from the 2nd half of the 18th century. Main altar (founded by the Szyszkowski family) in the late Renaissance style with the Ostoja coat of arms, made by Jan Sifers in 1646. Rococo side altars from the 2nd half of the 18th century. Baroque pulpit from the mid-17th century. Two folk Baroque crucifixes. Numerous sculptures from the 17th and 18th centuries. Two contemporary paintings by Norbert Skupniewicz. Wooden belfry, not estimated, covered with a metal roof. Rectory from the late 20th century. Church surrounded by old oaks and beeches.

Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary from 1746. Renovated in 1974-75. In 2018, the roofs were covered with shingles. The temples were placed above a spring, which causes dampness of the floor. Wooden church, single-nave, log construction. Oriented. Smaller chancel from the nave, closed on three sides with a side sacristy. Porch on the side of the nave. Tower at the front, post-and-beam construction with walls sloping upwards and a porch in the ground floor. Topped with a Baroque, sheet metal dome with a double octagonal lantern and a cross. Double-ridge roof, covered with larch shingles with a wide eaves with a hexagonal turret for a bell tower. Topped with a pyramidal sheet metal dome with a lantern and a cross. Inside, apparent barrel vaults, slightly flattened in the chancel. On the wall, the Crucifixion Group with the date of construction of the church "1746". The choir is supported by two wooden pillars with a balustrade of a straight line, decorated with three figures on consoles. Pipe organs liquidated in 2009. The main altar and two late Baroque side altars from around the mid-18th century. Baroque pulpit with a canopy and baptismal font from the mid-18th century. Gothic figure of the Madonna and Child from the end of the 14th century. Baroque-folk processional crucifixes.

Holy Trinity Church from 1801-03. Polychrome from 1830, renovated in 1897 and 1972 - Teodor Szukała. Renovated in 1930 and 1975. Wooden church, single-nave, log construction. Oriented, built on a stone and brick foundation. Smaller presbytery from the nave, rectangularly closed with a side sacristy. Porch on the side of the nave. Low tower at the front, post-and-beam construction with porch in the ground floor. Walls slightly inclined upwards, topped with a tented roof covered with sheet metal. Double-ridge roof, covered with shingles. In the central part, a wooden, round turret with a bell tower with a sheet metal, onion-shaped dome and lantern. Flat ceiling inside. Choir supported on pillars and connected to a suspended side gallery. 8-voice organ from the late 19th century. Rainbow beam with woodcarving decoration and the Crucifixion Group from the 2nd half of the 18th century. Board floors. Partially preserved Baroque-folk polychrome from around 1830. Depiction of the Virgin Mary with figures of the Evangelists, the Holy Trinity and symbols: the Eye of Providence, the Chalice with the Host, the Cross with an Anchor. Polish Saints, bouquets of flowers and fruit in medallions. Late Renaissance main altar from the 1st half of the 17th century with a late Gothic sculpture of the Virgin Mary from the late 16th century.

The market square in Kępno is one of the largest in Greater Poland. For centuries, it had wooden buildings that were damaged many times by repeated fires. In the mid-nineteenth century, thanks to the expansion of communication and industry, the city began to develop intensively. During this period, until the beginning of the 20th century, many interesting tenement houses were built in the market, including in the neo-renaissance and eclectic style. In the square there is also a beautiful town hall built in the classical style in 1835 and a fountain with swans.