1998 - Częstochowa

The Częstochowa townCzęstochowa is a town in southern Poland, in the voivodship of Silesia.  It is a major centre of Marian pilgrimage, which is known worldwide for the Pauline Monastery at Jasna Góra, which houses the famous icon, the Black Madonna of Częstochowa.

It is twinned with 12 other towns worldwide, involving significant cultural co-operation for the municipality.  While Częstochowa has maintained two outstanding twinnings with Lourdes in France and Loreto in Italy for many years, it has also established a vast network of European friendship and co-operation through its friendly relations with Altenkunststadt, Altötting, Mannheim and Pforzheim in Germany, Balatonboglar and Bekescaba in Hungary, Rēzekne in Latvia, Šiauliai and Vilnius in Lithuania and Fatima in Portugal.

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