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Projekt UE





The subject of the project is a great deal of tasks which include not only renovation of the existing monument objects but also the foundation of appropriate structures for comfortable and safe access considering the growing number of tourists and the necessity of cultural protection against devastation.


The project includes:

a) tasks considering the preservation of technical durability of monuments:

  • renovation of 25 Wejherowski’s Calvary chapels(protection of walls and vaults, chapels’ renovation, renovation of baroque paintings and sculptures, strengthening the falling sides where chapels are situated), cubature of the renovated chapels – 7016, 08m3, the area of restored chapels – 918m2.
  • renovation of miss Keyserlingk tombstone on Golgotha hill.

b) the tasks improving th availability and functioning of monuments:

  • econstruction and repairing of forest roads (4,9km) along with shaping, strengthening, partial renovation and repairing of numerous stairs,
  • creation of road and alleys system lighting along with the illumination of the monuments -130 outside light point,
  • creation of new parking lots and stopover places for motorized tourists and bikes
  • 72 parking places (60 places for cars and 12 places for buses),
  • creation and reconstruction of the small architecture objects on the area of Calvary in the boundaries of present Scenery Park (benches, sanitary resource base, street springs- 3 pieces, etc.), including forest preservation –nature monuments,
  • in the range of approach road making the communicative sets, making the signing and pavements installation,
  • instilling of the anti-break in and anti-fire systems in the chapels (monitoring),
  • renovation of bike routes on the way crossing the Calvary path,
  • Restoration of the objects- stucco interior- 7 objects, oil paintings- 16 pieces, paintings on the plaster- 8 pieces, stucco portals – 6 pieces, stone portals- 2 pieces, wooden sculptures- 4 pieces, stone sculptures- 7 pieces, wooden altars – 4 pieces, stone altars – 4 pieces, stone internal chapels – 4 pieces,

c) tasks promoting the cultural heritage of Pomerania:

  • organizing information centre about Wejherowski’s Calvary and the region in The Literature and Cashubia-Pomerania Music Museum (equipment purchasing) – in the entrance hall,
  • preparation of picture and historic documents copies exhibition (adaptation of the room and purchase of the equipment) in The Literature and Cashubia-Pomerania Music Museum –room no. 1.17,
  • creation of cultural-tourist information centre along with the exhibition room in the town hall, where the maquette of Calvary will be placed ( room adaptation, maquette purchase, making the map of Calvary on the wall in s-graffitto technique),
  • making the web site.

 

Calvaria's history
Situation
Map of Calvary
Sanctuaries and Franciscan Monastery
Pilgrimage Traditions
Religious ceremonies
News
Gallery
How to use the structures
 
 

 

 
 

 
 

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The Wejherowska's Calvary website was created within the framework of the project: 'Preservation and availability of Pomeranian heritage by means of Cultural Park foundation in Wejherowo' which is financed by EU.