The Rock Garden of the Institute of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Jan Kochanowski University—A New Geo-Site in Kielce, Central Poland

• Published in: Geosciences
• Main Author: Maria Górska-Zabielska
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2021
• Subjects: rock garden; geoheritage; geotourism; Kielce region; central Poland; Geology; QE1-996.5; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences11030113; https://doaj.org/article/1b2df1d528084129a3397975fa54259a

The Rock Garden, established in 2019, is a geological showcase of both the Institute of Geography and Environmental Sciences of Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce and the entire Kielce region in central Poland. The collection includes specimens of about 50 rocks: those whose outcrops are located in the Holy Cross Mountains region and those brought here from Scandinavia by the ice sheet around 180 to 130 thousand years ago. The Rock Garden is of scientific importance and plays a didactic, conservational, educational, cultural, aesthetic, recreational, and geotouristic role. This article highlights its importance in the development of urban geotourism.