Jesuit Church, Warsaw
Church of the Gracious Mother of God | ||
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Style Polish Mannerism | | |
Administration | ||
Archdiocese | Warsaw | |
Type | Cultural | |
Criteria | ii, vi | |
Designated | 1980 | |
Part of | Historic Centre of Warsaw | |
Reference no. | 30bis | |
Historic Monument of Poland | ||
Designated | 1994-09-08 | |
Part of | Warsaw – historic city center with the Royal Route and Wilanów | |
Reference no. | M.P. 1994 nr 50 poz. 423[1] |
The Jesuit Church (
History
The Jesuit Church was founded by King
In 1627 the church was encompassed with three chapels,
A
An
In later years the building became more and more ornate, with baroque furnishings and marble altars and floors. Two more chapels were added. When the order of Jesuits was dissolved in 1773, the church changed ownership several times.[5] For some time it was a school church, later it was demoted to the role of the magazine of church furnishings, and then it was given to the order of Piarists. The Jesuits did not get the church back until the end of the First World War. In the 1920s and 1930s the church was renovated.
During
Interior
The facade is
Burials
- Karol Ferdynand Vasa
- Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski (1595–1640), Europe's most prominent Latin poet of the 17th century.+
Memorial plaque
See also
- List of mannerist structures in Central Poland
- List of Jesuit sites
- St. Jacek's Church in Warsaw
- Warsaw Old Town
References
- ^ Zarządzenie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 8 września 1994 r. w sprawie uznania za pomnik historii., M.P. z 1994 r. Nr 50, poz. 423
- ^ "Church of Our Lady of Grace". eGuide / Treasures of Warsaw on-line. Archived from the original on 2006-02-18. Retrieved 2009-03-24.
- ^ a b "O kościele (Official website)". www.laskawa.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2009-03-24.
- ^ a b "Metresa z różańcem w dłoni (Mistress with a rosary in her hand)". www.toporzel.gower.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on March 1, 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-24.
- ^ a b c d e "Jesuits' Church (The church of Our Lady of Grace)". naszemiasto.pl. Archived from the original on 2013-08-27. Retrieved 2009-03-24.
- ISBN 83-06-01021-3.)
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- ^ a b "Sanktuarium Matki Bożej Łaskawej - Patronki Warszawy". www.archidiecezja.warszawa.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2013-05-06. Retrieved 2009-03-24.
- ^ a b "Kościół pw Najświętszej Marii Panny Łaskawej". www.warszawa1939.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2009-03-24.
- ^ Maria Kwiatkowska (1978). Katedra Św. Jana (St. John's Cathedral) (in Polish).
Images
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in 1627
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in the 1920s
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in 2006
External links
- Church of Our Lady of Grace Archived 2006-02-18 at the Wayback Machine
- Description and photos of the church
- (in Polish) Before the Second World War
- (in Polish) Matka Boża Łaskawa (Our Lady of Grace)
- sztuka.net Pictures of the church shortly after the war (the pile of rubble on the left of St. John's Cathedral).