{"id":18170,"date":"2023-01-06T18:35:49","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T17:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pb.edu.pl\/sjo\/learning-polish\/poland-and-poles\/muzeum-ikon-w-supraslu\/"},"modified":"2023-01-30T13:08:41","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T12:08:41","slug":"museum-of-icons-in-suprasl","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pb.edu.pl\/sjo\/en\/learning-polish\/poland-and-poles\/museum-of-icons-in-suprasl\/","title":{"rendered":"Museum of Icons in Supra\u015bl"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Museum of Icons in Supra\u015bl<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Icon Museum has about 1,200 works in its collection – one of the richest collections of its kind in Poland. It was established in 2007 on the grounds of a male Orthodox monastery in Suprasl, near Bialystok.<\/span><\/p>\n

Most of the icons are from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, and what adds to the flavor is the fact that a significant number of them were taken by customs officials from smugglers from the East. Here you will see icons with Jesus Pantocrator and Our Lady of the Three Hands, smaller paintings, traveling crosses and other religious objects. But there are also unique 16th-century frescoes to be seen here remnants from a monastery church blown up by the Germans during World War II.<\/span><\/p>\n

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