Rzeczyca (municipality of Rzeczyca) - Rzeczyca (gmina Rzeczyca)

Rzeczyca - village in Poland in voivodeship of Lodz, in you will say Tomaszów, the seat of the Rzeczyca commune, located on the border Piotrkow Plains and Of the Białobrzeska Valley.

Coat of arms of the Rzeczyca commune

Geographic coordinates: 51 ° 35′48 ″ N 20 ° 17′26 ″ E

According to the register of monuments kept by National Heritage Institute the list of monuments includes the following objects:

  • parish church st. Catherine, 1890-91, registration number: A / 24 of November 15, 2005
  • church cemetery, as above
  • manor park, register number: 796 from December 27, 1967
  • tavern, register number: 797 from December 27, 1967

In the Neo-Renaissance church of st. Catherine from the 19th century, there is a painting of the Holy Family and a portrait of Father Jerzy Kitowicz and a portrait of the Polish Primate, Jan Paweł Woronicz.

Several famous people were associated with the village.

  • A famous 18th-century chronicler lived here, Jędrzej Kitowiczwho became famous for his "Diaries".
  • Another famous figure associated with Rzeczyca was a writer Narcyza ŻmichowskaIn the years 1842-1845, while living in Rzeczyca, she wrote her greatest work, "Poganka", and ran an illegal village school.

In June, there is an event called the "Tomato Day".

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