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Bazylika Świętego Bartłomieja Apostoła i Świętej Jadwigi

The Trebnitz (Trzebnica) monastery in Silesia, founded in 1202 by Duke Henry I of Silesia, was the first convent in the Diocese of Wrocław and ranks among Central Europe's most significant pilgrimage sites. Its Romanesque brick basilica was built for Cistercian nuns, the most celebrated of whom was Hedwig of Andechs — later canonized as the patron saint of Silesia — who died here in 1243 and was interred in the church. Her tomb elevated Trebnitz to one of eight recognized International Catholic Shrines worldwide. After secularization in 1810 and successive periods of different religious orders, the complex is today administered by the Salvatorianer Sisters. Visitors encounter the austere weight of early Romanesque brickwork alongside St. Hedwig's chapel, which remains an active destination for Catholic pilgrims.

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