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Wadowice
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Wadowice is a town in southern Poland, 50 kilometres southwest of Kraków with 17,455 inhabitants (2022), situated on the Skawa river, confluence of Vistula, in the eastern part of Silesian Foothills. Wadowice is known for being the birthplace of Karol Wojtyła, later Pope John Paul II and Godwin von Brumowski, Austria-Hungary’s best flying ace with 35 credited and an additional 8 possible wins in the air.
View of the Main Square
View of the Main Square
Baroque Basilica of Presentation of Virgin Mary
Baroque Basilica of Presentation of Virgin Mary
Early 20th-century view of the main square
Early 20th-century view of the main square
Katyn massacre memorial
Katyn massacre memorial
Pope John Paul II
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Pope John Paul II was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his death in 2005.
John Paul II in 1988
John Paul II in 1988
Painting of Saint John Paul II painted by Zbigniew Kotyłło, 2012
Painting of Saint John Paul II painted by Zbigniew Kotyłło, 2012
The wedding portrait of John Paul II's parents, Emilia and Karol Wojtyła Sr.
The wedding portrait of John Paul II's parents, Emilia and Karol Wojtyła Sr.
Wojtyła (second from right) in a Baudienst forced labour work crew during the occupation of Poland (1939–1945), circa 1941
Wojtyła (second from right) in a Baudienst forced labour work crew during the occupation of Poland (1939–1945), circa 1941