Rajcza - Local Tour

Rajcza is a typical Beskid village in the Soła valley, shaded by the picturesque peaks of the Żywiec Beskids, where highlander traditions are still alive. Visitors will be interested in the palace, once home to the enterprising Italian Primavesi family and later to the Lubomirskis and the Habsburgs, and in the church with a miraculous image of the Madonna – a gift from King John Casimir.

We prepared a walk from the Cultural Centre, along the Ujsolska Woda stream, to the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Casimir and the palace and park complex. The story covers tales of highland outlaws, the old ironworks, the Transversal Railway and the visits of Karol Wojtyła.

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