Travelling from Warsaw to Krakow we made a quick but important stop in a town called Czestochwa. The main attraction of this town is the hilltop monastery of Jasna Gora. Jasna Gora is a pilgrimage site for Christians, as it houses the 'Black Madonna', or 'Queen of Poland' (1717). The significance of the Black Madonna lays in a miracle that occurred in 1430, when a group of Hussites stole the icon and slashed it into three pieces. The picture began to bleed, and although monks restored it there remains scars on the Virgin's face. The scars were left as a reminder of the miracle.
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