Interesting places

The monastery complex is the second largest religious building in the world (the first being the Escurial palace and monastery complex in Spain). The roof area covers about 2.5 hectares and the facade is 223 metres long, making it the longest Baroque facade in Europe. It has more than 600 windows.

The post-Cistercian monastery complex in Lubiąż - in 1163 the Cistercians brought to Lubiąż from Pforta on the Saale in Thuringia by Duke Boleslaw I the Tall. The first brick church was built here around 1200. Between 1681 and 1739 new buildings were erected: the abbots' palace, monastery, brewery, bakery, hospital and other outbuildings. The interiors of the monastery are filled with beautiful rooms: the prince's hall, the library, the abbot's dining room, the refectory and more than 300 other rooms.