This very worthwhile regional museum owes its existence to local shoemaker Józef Paszkiewicz, who amassed a collection of artefacts relating to the city and its craft guilds. Three years after his death in 1953, the collection was put on display in two rooms of the 'Dom na Dołkach', a handsome, historic townhouse on the market square. Now there are seven rooms of exhibits illuminating local customs, crafts and religious practice.
Regional Museum
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Built in the 14th century and continually improved over the centuries in which it guarded Hungary's northern border, this superbly preserved lakeside…
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2. Parish Church of St Elizabeth of Hungary
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Built for canons of the nearby Collegiate Church in 1448, this broad-beamed brick townhouse now contains a branch of Nowy Sącz's regional museum…
5. Collegiate Church of St Margaret
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