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Family Home of John Paul II
This is where Karol Wojtyła was born in May 1920; to the N is the 18th-century Lesser Basilica, where he was baptised a month later.
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Lesser Basilica
The 18th-century Lesser Basilica is where Pope John Paul II was baptised.
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Monument to Pope John Paul II
Outside Bazylika Mniejska is a Monument to Pope John Paul II, which is known as the 'Cream Cake Statue' in some circles. It seems that when the pope visited his hometown in 1999, he sat in almost the same spot and reminisced about how he and his mates would enjoy kremówki (cream cakes) from a certain shop 'just over there'. The statue actually depicts the pope in the usual pastoral pose, with his hand raised in a blessing, but it might look to some as though he is pointing.
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