Country Poland Powiat Kozienice Sołectwo Opactwo Local time Saturday 10:27 AM | Voivodeship Masovian Gmina Sieciechów Time zone CET (UTC+1) | |
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Opactwo [ɔˈpat͡stfɔ] (Abbey ) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sieciechów, within Kozienice County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.
Map of Opactwo, Poland
It lies on the national road , approximately 2 kilometres (1 mi) north-east of Sieciechów, 15 km (9 mi) east of Kozienice, and 91 km (57 mi) south-east of Warsaw.
The name of the village comes from the name of the Benedictine Abbey.Monastery located in Opactwo, was founded by the Benedictine, brought by Sieciech from Provence. At first, it has been in the medieval city Sieciechów, but after the change of the Vistula river path, moved to a location where he stands to this day. The original location is not known. Abbey had one of the largest libraries in the country.
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Opactwo, Masovian Voivodeship Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA