The best traffic-free bike rides around gmina Wyszogród

Terribly noisy from cars. Passing on a narrow sidewalk, with difficulty two bicycles can pass each other. The view is great, though. The bridge is surprisingly long!

The road is part of the Kampinos Bike Trail. Willows grow along the road, exceptionally beautiful especially in late spring.

It is a Gothic-Renaissance three-nave basilica, the result of the reconstruction of the original Gothic church, flanked by three large, cylindrical towers – two in the western corners, framing a wide narthex, and one above the presbytery apse, with a gallery in the tower above the presbytery. The barrel vault is decorated with a coffered network of repeating rectangular motifs and covered with rich polychrome. A two-story tunnel porch with embrasures runs around the church. The church was founded by Jan Brochowski of the Prawdzic coat of arms – a Warsaw soldier and owner of the village – and his family; it was built between 1551 and 1561 by the renowned mason Jan Baptista of Venice, active in Mazovia (he built or rebuilt churches in Brok, Płock, and Pułtusk, among others). The church's defensive character is emphasized by its three towers, which dominate the surrounding area like the castle's towers. It was also rebuilt later, including after 1655, thanks to the efforts of Albert Adrian Lasocki. It was during this time that the brick bastion walls surrounding the church grounds were built. Remnants of the moat still survive on the Bzura River side. Inside, above the side aisles, is a long porch, which allowed for a connection between the towers. Typical of the style of John Baptist of Venice is the barrel vault with a grid of decorative coffered ribs in the form of circles and rectangles.

The current late Baroque parish church in Wyszogród is the fourth in a row. The first church existed before 1320, closer to the Vistula. The next church was destroyed in 1726, when the riverside slope collapsed. The existing church was built from 1774 (or from 1779) on the foundations of the older one, which was destroyed by fire. These foundations were reinforced and slightly changed according to the design of the Gdańsk architect Samuel Fischer. The walls were completed in 1786 and this date was placed on the front elevation of the church. Probably in 1800 the new church was consecrated, and its name was changed from St. James to the Holy Trinity, as it is to this day. The church towers were completed and the interior furnishings were completed only after 1819. The towers themselves were added in 1837. In the second half In the 19th century the altar was rebuilt, using older elements. In 1942 the German occupiers closed the church and turned it into a grain granary.

I love it and recommend it

I recommend it to those who like military stuff.

There is a good road running along the slope at the edge of the fields - fully passable.

It consists of a church with a Gothic presbytery and a Baroque main nave with a beautiful interior, as well as the remains of a monastery that was demolished in the 19th century.