Alwernia, Municipality in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland.
Alwernia stretches across 8.88 square kilometers of land at an elevation of 312 meters above sea level in southern Poland.
The settlement received its name in 1616 from castellan Krzysztof Koryciński, who named it after the Franciscan hermitage of La Verna in Tuscany.
The Baroque Bernardine monastery and church, constructed between 1630 and 1676, forms the central religious complex of the municipality.
The municipality connects to major transportation routes through Voivodeship road 780 and lies just 4 kilometers south of the A4 motorway.
The Małopolskie Muzeum Pożarnictwa in Alwernia holds the distinction of being the first firefighting museum established in Poland.
Location: Gmina Alwernia
Inception: 1616
Elevation above the sea: 276 m
Website: http://www.alwernia.pl/
Website: http://alwernia.pl
GPS coordinates: 50.06667,19.51667
Latest update: May 27, 2025 09:58
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