Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: Mannerist Architectural and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park

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Cultural heritage site Landscape park Pilgrimage site Religious architectural complex

Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: Mannerist Architectural and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park is a renowned Polish pilgrimage site combining a Baroque monastery, chapels, and a symbolic landscape that reflects the Passion of Christ.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Cultural heritage site → Landscape park → Pilgrimage site → Religious architectural complex →
architecturalStyle	Baroque → Mannerism →
associatedWithOrder	Bernardine (Observant Franciscan) order →
associatedWithPerson	Pope John Paul II →
constructionStart	1600 →
country	Poland →
dedicatedTo	Passion of Christ → Virgin Mary →
foundedBy	Mikołaj Zebrzydowski →
function	place for contemplation and prayer → site for religious processions →
hasChapelCountApprox	over 40 chapels and shrines →
hasPart	Baroque monastery → Basilica of Our Lady of the Angels in Kalwaria Zebrzydowska → Calvary paths → network of chapels → symbolic landscape representing the Passion of Christ →
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site →
influencedBy	Jerusalem topography →
landscapeDesign	symbolic representation of biblical sites →
landscapeType	park landscape →
locatedIn	Kalwaria Zebrzydowska →
locatedInRegion	Lesser Poland Voivodeship →
locatedNear	Kraków →
notableEvent	August Marian feast pilgrimages → Holy Week Passion plays →
pilgrimageFunction	Marian devotions → Way of the Cross devotion →
PopeJohnPaulIIRelation	frequented as a youth and later visited as pope →
protectionStatus	national monument of Poland →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
significance	major Polish pilgrimage destination → outstanding example of a Mannerist landscape complex →
theme	Life and Passion of Jesus Christ → Life of the Virgin Mary →
topography	hilly terrain →
UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory	Cultural →
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria	(ii) → (iv) →
UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion	Europe and North America →
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite	true →
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId	905 →
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince	1999 →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Lesser Poland Voivodeship →	containsUNESCOWorldHeritageSite
World Heritage Sites in Poland ("Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Architectural and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park") →	hasPart
Kalwaria Zebrzydowska →	hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite
Basilica of Our Lady of the Angels in Kalwaria Zebrzydowska ("Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Architectural and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park") →	heritageDesignation
Mikołaj Zebrzydowski ("Kalwaria Zebrzydowska UNESCO World Heritage Site") →	legacy
Basilica of Our Lady of the Angels in Kalwaria Zebrzydowska ("Kalwaria Zebrzydowska park and pilgrimage complex") →	partOf