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Niepokalanów

Paprotnia, Poland · built 1927

Niepokalanów monastery (so called City of the Immaculate Mother of God) is a Roman Catholic religious community situated in Paprotnia (near the Warsaw-Łowicz railway line, about 42 km to the west from the capital of Poland). It was founded in autumn 1927 by Friar Minor Conventual – Maximilian Kolbe, who was later canonized as a saint-martyr of the Catholic Church.

Monastery data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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