“Secrets of the Monastery,” our contribution to the 2026 Night of Museums Similarly to the other site managed by the Fundacja Twoje Dziedzictwo (Your Heritage Foundation) – Świątynia Sztuki i Światła: Perła (the Temple of Art and Light: the Pearl), all groups visiting the fortified monastery in Nowogrodziec on the…
The 2026 Cultural Season begins in just a month at our flagship project – the Pearl! This year, the May long weekend is exceptionally short. To help you stretch it out a bit, we invite you to the Pearl from May 1st to 3rd for an event that will slow…
Great news for the Monastery! The Lower Silesian Voivodeship Conservator of Monuments has reserved PLN 80,000 for further work on the gatehouse! When the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and the Marshal’s Office of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship refused to support the initiative in 2026, despite a very high…
We were saddened to hear the news that Andrzej Dutkowski, Mayor of the Bolesławiec Commune from 2010 to 2024, passed away last night. As the “Twoje Dziedzictwo” Foundation, we are and always will be an apolitical organisation, collaborating with anyone who shares the Foundation’s ideals and can effectively implement them….
The year 2025 is drawing to a close. So much has happened! The Temple of Art and Light: The Pearl now has a complete set of doors! This is thanks to the ongoing support provided by the Marshal’s Office of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, and additional funds donated this year…
The first cultural event in the new life of the Monastery of Souls, and the final event of the 2025 cultural season at the Temple of Art and Light: the Pearl, were included in the 2025 European Heritage Days celebrations in Lower Silesia. The cultural offerings at both venues attracted…
Last Sunday, a celebration took place to commemorate the patron saint of Nowogrodziec, a saint of the Catholic Church and considered the founder of our fortified monastery, Hedwig of Silesia. The event was organised by the Municipality and City of Nowogrodziec. As a partner of the City and owner of…
From the Monastery of Souls to the third stage of the 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition! Yehuda Prokopowicz is one of three Poles who qualified for the next stage of the competition. Only twenty of the most outstanding pianists remain in the piano competition, and Yehuda Prokopowicz, who is…
Four Poles have qualified for the second stage of the 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition. You’re probably wondering what this has to do with our Monastery of Souls? One of them is Yehuda Prokopowicz, who less than three weeks ago gave an incredible outdoor concert within the walls of…
The first in 80 years. This is also the first time in the 800-year history of the facility that a concert piano has visited the monastery. Yes, according to our knowledge, there was a cabinet piano here after 1810, but comparing it to a Steinway-D concert piano is like comparing…