Gilowice - Local Tour

Gilowice is a village in the Żywiec Basin made famous by the boxer Tomasz Adamek, “Góral”, who always emphasises his ties to Gilowice, its inhabitants and the faith of his ancestors. The village's greatest treasure is the wooden church of St Andrew the Apostle and St Anne, moved here in the 18th century from neighbouring Rychwałd, with a Baroque interior.

We prepared a walking tour of the home turf of “Góral”: from the market square with its image of a bullfinch, past the little wooden church and the obelisk to those who fell in the First World War, to the cemetery with the grave of Stanisław Pyjas. The narrator talks about outlaws, highland culture and local personalities, and touches on sporting themes too. The audio guide is available in Polish.