4 DFómh 2025 · Polish Catholics revere the town (population 12,100) as Nowa Jerozolima (New Jerusalem). Today, it’s a dormitory suburb of burgeoning post-Communist Warsaw – which has …

Polish Catholics revere the town (population 12,100) as Nowa Jerozolima (New Jerusalem). Today, it’s a dormitory suburb of burgeoning post-Communist Warsaw – which has evolved into …

29 Lún 2025 · Góra Kalwaria’s 100-actor spectacle is performed annually on Palm Sunday on the town’s streets. Construction of the new town center began in 1670. Its layout was inspired by a …

Originally, its name was simply Góra (literally: "Mountain"), changed in 1670 to Nowa Jerozolima ("New Jerusalem"), and in the 18th century to Góra Kalwaria ("Calvary Mountain").

From the start of the 20th century and perhaps even earlier, Góra Kalwaria was an important center of the Hasidic movement, first under the leadership of the Gerrer Rebbe Yehudah Aryeh …

The name means Mount Calvary or Skull Hill in Polish, explained Goldberg, whose mother’s family came from the area. But the town, called Ger or Gur in Yiddish, was also called Nowa …

The town plan in Góra Kalwaria, dating back to 1670’the eras, represents one of the most original urban foundations of Mazowsze from the Baroque period. The basis of the city plan is the Latin …