Alwernia [alˈvɛrɲa] (listen) is a town situated some 36 kilometres (22 miles) west of Kraków in the Chrzanów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland. The town has an area of 8.88 square kilometres (3.43 square miles), and as of June 2022 it has a population of 3,284. The name of the town is taken from that of the Franciscan hermitage of La Verna (Latin: Alvernia) in Tuscany, Italy. It was bestowed on the locality in 1616 by the castellan Krzysztof Koryciński. A monastery of the order of the Stigmata of Saint Francis of Assisi was built on high ground between 1625 and 1656. The church dates from the period between 1630 and 1676. More information...
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