Why is it worth going to Czestochowa?

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Why exactly Czestochowa? This is not a resort and there are no any kind of familiar entertainment and fun events. Czestochowa is not even a city in which you can talk to decently. So why is he? This Polish city is known from very ancient times, since the very first mention of it is dated 1220 year. But since 1382, Czestochowa became the spiritual capital of the country and the place of pilgrimage.

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And you know why? The thing is that in this city, there is a Yasnogorsk monastery. So in this monastery there is a famous icon "Black Madonna" every year in this city, more than four million tourists come from different parts of our planet, in order to bow the knee in front of this shrine.

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In the monastery, there is a unique library, in which the ancient book is collected by a slightly over eight thousand copies. And also, on the territory of the monastery there is a knightly hall, the walls of which are decorated with painting. Pictures drawn directly on the walls are narrated by visitors about the most significant events that have occurred over the entire existence of the Yasnogorsk Monastery.

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The doors of the monastery, for pilgrims are open every day from five o'clock in the morning to half the tenth in the evening, but the solemn opening of the icon occurs on weekdays at six o'clock in the morning and half the second day, on weekends and holidays, the opening of the shrine falls at six in the morning and Two hours of the day.

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