Welcome to Kasina Wielka Kasina Wielka in a

Welcome to Kasina Wielka

Kasina Wielka in a nutshell Province: Małopolska County: Limanowa Commune: Mszana Dolna Height: 480 -660 metres altitude Population: 2900

Location Kasina Wielka is located in Beskid Wyspowy, between Śnieżnica, Lubogoszcz, Ćwilin and Wierzbanowska Góra. Through the village flows a river Kasinianka.

Kasina Wielka in the photos

An old school building in Kasina Wielka

l View of Lubogoszcz

l View of Śnieżnica

Regional band „Kasinianie-Zagórzanie” l

l Historic church in Kasina Wielka outside

l Railway station

Chapel on Śnieżnica l Outside Inside

l New church in Kasina Wielka

l Art Gallery „Tribute to the Carpathians”

Famous people from Kasina Wielka

Justyna Kowalczyk is a Polish cross country skier who has been competing since 2000. She is one of the most successful cross country skiers of all time, being the only skier in the history with victories in all the most important sport events, so called "The Big Crown": Olympic Games, World Championships, World Cup and Tour de Ski.

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Lilian Seymour – Tułasiewicz polish writer, citizen of two homelands, the doctor of English, MA in Illinois state law, correspondent, translator in American embassy, novelist and author of ten novels in Polish.

Lilian Seymour-Tułasiewicz l

Schools in Kasina Wielka l A B

The primary school is named after l Maria Skłodowska-Curie

Maria Skłodowska-Curie Marie Skłodowska-Curie was a French-Polish physicist and chemist, famous for her pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the only woman to win in two fields, and the only person to win in multiple sciences. She was also the first female professor at the University of Paris (La Sorbonne), and in 1995 became the first woman to be entombed on her own merits in the Panthéon in Paris. l

The secondary school is named after l Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński

Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński was a Polish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the bishop of Lublin from 1946 to 1948, archbishop of Warsaw and archbishop of Gniezno from 1948 to 1981. Appointed cardinal on 12 January 1953 by Pope Pius XII, he assumed the title of Primate of Poland. Stefan Wyszyński was often called the Primate of the Millennium.

Banner of secondary school in Kasina Wielka