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Extract from the Czestochowa Travel Guides:
To get an understanding of the central role that Catholicism still holds in contemporary Poland, a visit to
CZESTOCHOWA
is essential and, for many people, an extraordinary experience. The hilltop monastery of
Jasna Gra
(Bright Mountain) is one of the world's greatest places of pilgrimage, and its famous icon, the
Black Madonna
, has drawn the faithful here over the past six centuries - reproductions exist in almost every Polish church.
The special position that Jasna Gra and its icon hold in the hearts and minds of the majority of Poles is the product of a rich web of history and myth....
read the whole Czestochowa Travel Guides...
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