This abandoned 17th-century chapel - known as the Oval Church - had been high on our list for a long time, and we finally made the trip. ... Inside Poland’s Abandoned 17th Century Oval Church.

INSIDE a 13th-century mine lies the world’s biggest cave church where everything is made entirely from salt. Located 330ft below the ground, the unique chapel is built inside a complex underg… ...

On Sept. 15 the monastery's Facebook page showed the main church of the historic religious complex deep under water, with pews floating in the muddy waters inside the church.

In Poland, the church is also deeply intertwined with the state, in part because it helped broker the country’s transition to democracy after the fall of Communism, leading many to view it as a ...

And that is because of a fundamental defect in the Church in Poland. It is the old model – like medieval model – where the parishioners serve the church, not the other way around.

Perfectly preserved crypts — unopened for centuries — found in Poland. Look inside By ... Since 2015, 400 burials have been discovered on the site of the original church, ...

Since Poland’s transition from Communism to democracy in 1989, successive governments have offered the church state subsidies, tax breaks and a privileged status in the country’s cultural life.