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Zapora Porąbka (Międzybrodzie Bialskie) Object type: Dam and hydroelectric power plant. Height: 37.3 meters. Length: 260 meters River: Soła. Completion: 1936 (project by prof. Gabriel Narutowicz). Attractions: Viewpoint over Beskid Mały and Lake Międzybrodzkie. For cyclists/hikers: An asphalt road with a sidewalk runs across the dam's crest, allowing for safe passage and enjoyment of the panorama. It serves as an excellent landmark and a connecting point for routes around the lakes of the Soła cascade.

beautifully located wooden church from the 16th century.

The Bobrowscy Palace in Andrychów (also called Andrychów Castle) is currently undergoing intensive renovation. Work, which began in the spring of last year, is in the first, crucial stage of renovation, focusing on securing the structure of the building. Key information about the current state of work (April 2026): Scope of work: Currently, complex earthworks and underground activities are underway. The key challenge is draining the flooded cellars and strengthening and insulating the foundations, which turned out to be in worse condition than expected. Estimated deadline: According to the current schedule, the current stage of securing work is expected to last until September 2026. What's next? After the completion of the foundation work, further stages are planned to restore the splendor of the facade and interiors, but their implementation will depend on obtaining further funding.

Due to ongoing renovations and construction work, the palace interiors are inaccessible to visitors. It is only possible to walk in the adjacent City Park.

The classicist, single-story, brick manor house is basemented and covered by low saddle roofs. Currently, it has a horseshoe plan. The central part is adorned with a portico with four Doric columns and a triangular pediment containing the coats of arms: "Jastrzębiec" of the Bobrowskis and "Poraj" of the Męciński family, from which Stefan Bobrowski's wife came. At the rear, it has a prominent avant-corps. Large, semi-circularly closed or rectangular windows. From the southwest, there is a corner turret.

Unfortunately. Photos taken from behind the gate.

The interior is dominated by a flat ceiling with traces of Renaissance coffers, below which there is also a Renaissance frieze. Read more here: https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ko%C5%9Bci%C3%B3%C5%82_%C5%9Bw._Andrzeja_w_Osieku_%28nieu%C5%BCytkowany%29

The church is oriented, built of log construction, except for the tower, which has a post-and-beam structure. The polygonal chancel is located in the eastern part of the church, and the sacristy adjoins it to the north. The nave, wider and higher than the chancel, is built on a roughly square plan. The entire structure is covered by a shingled, double-ridged roof, which is more characteristic of wooden churches of the Silesian type than those of Lesser Poland. At the eastern edge of the roof above the nave is an onion-shaped bell tower. Located in the western part of the church, the tower has sloping walls, a saddle-shaped roof protrudes from its central section, a porch at the top, and a pyramidal dome, formerly spire-shaped, with four accompanying corner turrets, above it.