Attractions and Places To See around Lidzbark Warmiński - Top 20

The High Gate in Lidzbark Warmiński is a Gothic defensive structure built in the second half of the 15th century (ca. 1466–1478) as part of the medieval city walls and was one of three gates leading into the city. Only this gate, now also known as the Foregate, remains today. It is a four-story brick structure with two semicircular towers and a pointed archway, constituting one of the most valuable Gothic monuments in Warmia and Mazury. In the 17th–19th centuries, the structure was adapted for artillery fire, and after being rebuilt in the mid-19th century, it served, among other purposes, as a courthouse. The gate walls still contain remnants of the 1520 bombardment, in the form of embedded cannonballs. Today, the High Gate is an important symbol of the city and a tourist attraction.

The Collegiate Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Lidzbark Warmiński was built in the 14th century as a Gothic three-nave church. The church tower reaches approximately 66 meters and dominates the city skyline. The church was rebuilt several times – after the fire in 1698 and in the 18th and 19th centuries, combining the Gothic structure with Baroque and neo-Gothic elements. Currently, the collegiate church serves as the chapter's seat and boasts valuable historic furnishings, including Gothic vaults and works of sacred art.

The Castle of the Warmia Bishops in Lidzbark Warmiński is a Gothic residence built in the 14th and 15th centuries as the seat of spiritual and secular authority for the Warmia bishops. For over four centuries, it was the most important political and cultural center of Warmia. Among those associated with the castle were Nicolaus Copernicus and Ignacy Krasicki. The brick structure was built on a quadrangular plan with a courtyard and two-story cloisters. After the First Partition of Poland, it lost its residential function and was restored after World War II. It now houses a museum and is one of the most valuable Gothic monuments in Poland.

one of the few undamaged monuments in Poland where you can see original polychromes from the 12th century on the walls.

In this village founded on November 18, 1349 by the Bishop of Warmia, there are around 330 inhabitants. The place is surprising, because it also houses the sanctuary of Our Lady of Peace. Before the construction of the imposing church, there was only a modest chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary. The title of minor basilica was awarded to the church by Pope John Paul II on May 19, 1987.

The High Gate in Lidzbark Warmiński is an element of the city that every resident and visitor should get to know. Preserved as the only one of the three gates leading to the city, it served many functions over the years. There are also embedded spheres in its walls, which remind us of the fire outbreaks of 1520.

Stoczek Warmiński - the first place of imprisonment of Primate Stefan Wyszyński (September 25, 1953 - October 6, 1954)

At the latest since the beginning of the 17th century there was a Marienkapelle with a statue of Mary near Springborn, which was visited by pilgrims. Bishop Szyszkowski had a round stone church built on the site of the chapel in 1639-1641 as a votive offering after the end of the First Polish-Swedish War. The church was handed over to the St. Bernards from Wartenburg. Initially, the monks lived in wooden buildings until 1666, when Bishop Jan Wydżga donated the stone monastery buildings. From 1708 onwards, under Bishop Zaluski, a cloister with four corner chapels was built around the church, based on the example of Saint Linde. The construction was completed under Bishop Teodor Andrzej Potocki. During his tenure, the monastery was expanded, which as a four-wing complex with an inner courtyard adjoins the cloister to the east. In 1716 Bishop Potocki dedicated the church to "Mary, the Queen of Peace" (Regina Pacis). The pilgrimage site experienced its heyday in the 1740s and 1750s, when it almost equaled Heiligenlinde in popularity. After the secularization of the religious orders in Prussia, the state took over the church and monastery (the last religious died in 1826). During the tenure of Bishop Andreas Stanislaus von Hatten (1838-1841), however, the church and monastery were returned to the Diocese of Warmia. In 1870 Bishop Philipp Krementz handed over the monastery to Lazarists from the Rhineland. As a result of the Kulturkampf, they had to withdraw three years later. In 1909 the cloister tracts were increased by one floor, in 1913 the cloister received an extension on the garden side. In 1926 the complex was handed over to the Franciscans. From October 1953 to October 1954 the primate of Poland, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński, was interned in the monastery by the communists. He occupied rooms on the first floor of the monastery and was attended by a priest and a nun. After Radio Free Europe made the primate's whereabouts public, he was taken to Prudnik in Upper Silesia. In 1987, Pope John Paul II gave the church the rank of minor basilica (Wikipedia).