Saints Peter and Paul Church, Kraków
Saints Peter and Paul Church Kościół ŚŚ Piotra i Pawła | ||
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Style Baroque architecture | | |
Groundbreaking | 1597 | |
Completed | 1619 | |
Specifications | ||
Materials | Brick and stone |
The Church of Saints Peter and Paul (
History
The Church of Saints Peter and Paul is the first structure in Kraków designed entirely in the
Since 1842 until now, it belongs to the Roman Catholic All Saints parish. In 1960 the church was raised to the rank of the Smaller Basilica.[1]
Architectural form
The
In front of the Church-grounds there are several
Interior design
Late Baroque
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Main altar
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The statues of Saints
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The nave
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The winter-time facade
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The organs
Foucault pendulum
Every Thursday inside the Church, demonstrations are held of the longest Foucault pendulum in Poland (46,5 m), suspended for the popular display of the Earth's rotation. Named after the French physicist Léon Foucault, the experimental apparatus consists of a tall pendulum free to swing in any vertical plane. The actual path of the swing appears to rotate; while in fact the plane is fixed in space, but the Earth rotates under the pendulum once a sidereal day. It is a simple and easy-to-see proof of the Earth's movement.[7][8][9] The pendulum weights 25 kg and is fitted with the red laser marking a clock face at the floor. It takes about an hour to notice a significant difference in its path, and the explanation is provided in Polish.[10]
The history of the pendulum at the Church is several decades long. For the first time, it was hung in 1949 on the initiative of professors
Notable people buried at the Saints Peter and Paul Church
The Church of Saint Peter and Paul hosts one of Poland's National Pantheons (Panteon Narodowy) alongside the Wawel Cathedral, St. John's Archcathedral and the Church of St Michael the Archangel and St Stanislaus the Bishop and Martyr, a burial place of the most distinguished Poles representing the fields of the arts, culture and science. The work on the construction of the pantheon began in October 2010 and the official opening of the first part of the complex took place in 2012 on the 400th anniversary of Piotr Skarga's death whose remains were kept in one of the church's crypts.[15]
People interred at the pantheon include:
- Piotr Skarga, (1536–1612), Jesuit preacher
- Andrzej Trzebicki, (1607–1679), nobleman and priest
- Witold Szeliga Bieliński, (1818–1833), nobleman
- Sławomir Mrożek, (1930–2013), dramatist and cartoonist
- Karol Olszewski, (1846–1915), chemist
- Krzysztof Penderecki (1933–2020), composer and conductor
- Marian Rejewski, (1905–1980), mathematician and cryptologist
- Jerzy Różycki, (1909–1942), mathematician and cryptologist
- Zygmunt Wróblewski, (1845–1888), chemist
- Henryk Zygalski, (1908–1978), mathematician and cryptologist
See also
Footnotes
- ^ a b c "Parish history". Internet service of the Catholic Congregation of All Saints in Krakow. Retrieved 23 April 2011. (in Polish)
- ^ "History of Saints Peter and Paul Church with gallery of photographs". Retrieved 23 April 2011. (in Polish)
- ^ "Church of Saints Peter and Paul". Krakow.wiki. 28 November 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Saints Peter and Paul Church virtual tour". Retrieved 23 April 2011. (in Polish)
- ^ "W Krakowie powstanie jednak Panteon Narodowy?". Retrieved 23 April 2011. (in Polish)
- ^ Barbara Suchy (4 January 2010). "Miejsce pod Panteon Narodowy już prześwietlone". Retrieved 23 April 2011. (in Polish)
- ^ "Parafia Wszystkich Świętych w Krakowie (All Saints Parish official website)". Retrieved 23 April 2011. (in Polish)
- ^ Foucault’s Pendulum at ITOTD.com 8 November 2004.
- ^ "Le pendule de Foucault perd la boule." Lexpress.fr (in French)
- ^ "Krakow page: What to see and do". Steve's Travel Guides. Retrieved 5 May 2011. (in English) (in Polish)
- ^ Aleksandra Parzyszek. "Noc Naukowców i wahadło Foucaulta". Moje Miasto MM Krakow.pl. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
- ^ Aleksandra Pępkowska. "Co się buja w Krakowie? Doświadczenie z wahadłem Foucaulta w Kościele św. św. Piotra i Pawła". Tomasz Lewicki page. Retrieved 5 May 2011. (in Polish)
- ^ Kazimierowski, Janusz (February 1971). "Życiorys ś.p. Władysława Horbackiego — Wiceprezesa Krakowskiego Oddziału P.T.M.A. w latach 1948—1953" (PDF). Urania. 42 (2): 57–59.
- ^ "With Baron Münchhausen's fantasy - about Kazimierz Kordylewski, the most famous astronomer in Krakow". Archived from the original on 3 August 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
- ^ "Pierwsza część Panteonu Narodowego otwarta. Kto w niej spocznie?". Retrieved 29 February 2020.
References
- Historia z wirtualną panoramą wnętrza (in Polish)
- Organy Kościoła Świętych Piotra i Pawła w Krakowie (in Polish)