Kalwaria Pacławska (Polish: [kalˈvarja paˈt͡swafska]; Ukrainian: Кальварія Пацлавська, romanized: Kalʹvariya Patslavsʹka) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Fredropol, within Przemyśl County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland, close to the border with Ukraine. It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) south-west of Fredropol, 18 km (11 mi) south of Przemyśl, and 68 km (42 mi) south-east of the regional capital Rzeszów.[1]

Kalwaria Pacławska
Village
Basilica of the Finding of the Holy Cross
Kalwaria Pacławska
Coordinates: 49°37′54″N 22°42′22″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Subcarpathian
County	Przemyśl County
Gmina	Fredropol
Population
• Total	164

The village has a population of 164. It took the name from the big calvary that arose in the XIVth century around the Orthodox Church of Simeon Stylites.[2][3] After the region fell into the control of Poland, it was transformed and developed as a Catholic religious center by Andrzej Maksymilian Fredro and became a popular pilgrimage site. It has also a miraculous image of Our Lady.

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