Przydonica

Przydonica
Village

Our Lady of Consolation’s parish church in Przydonica
Przydonica
Coordinates: 49°44′N 20°47′E / 49.733°N 20.783°E
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lesser Poland
County Nowy Sącz County
Gmina Gródek nad Dunajcem
Population
  Total 18

Przydonica [pʂɨdɔˈɲit͡sa] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gródek nad Dunajcem, within Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. The namesake of "our Lady of Prydonic" It lies 14 kilometres (9 mi) north-east of Nowy Sącz and 71 km (44 mi) south-east of the regional capital Kraków.[1] Not to be confused with the nearby and more populous, Przydonica-Glinik

Church

The parish church dates back to the sixteenth century,[2] and houses Our Lady of Przydonica, one of three such. King John III Sobieski proclaimed a miracle when he saw a vision of the Virgin Mary after a 1683 military victory in Vienna against the Turks.

Commerce

The village hosts a sawmill and a general merchandise market[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Central Statistical Office (GUS) TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ["http://books.google.com/books?ei=BHG3S-mFM4ziNfXYieIL&ct=result&id=PtBZAAAAIAAJ&dq=Przydonica&q=Przydonica#search_anchor" "Instytut Sztuki (Polska Akademia Nauk)."]. Polish art studies. (Wrocław: Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich.): 56. 1979. Retrieved April 3, 2010.

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Coordinates: 49°44′N 20°47′E / 49.733°N 20.783°E