Sigismund's Chapel

Coordinates: 50°03′17″N 19°56′08″E / 50.05464°N 19.935435°E / 50.05464; 19.935435
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Sigismund's Chapel (1519–1533)
Sigismund's Chapel (right) and the later-period Vasa Chapel (left)

Sigismund's Chapel (

Bartolomeo Berrecci
.

A square-based chapel with a golden dome houses the tombs of its founder King Sigismund, as well as King

Hermann Vischer
.

Gallery

  • An elaborate and gilded tombstone of Queen Anna Jagiellon
    An elaborate and gilded tombstone of Queen Anna Jagiellon
  • Coffered dome of the chapel photographed in 1951
    Coffered dome of the chapel photographed in 1951
  • Window decoration and a spire sit atop the dome
    Window decoration and a spire sit atop the dome
  • Polish white eagle with Sigismund I the Old's monogram "S"
    Polish white eagle with Sigismund I the Old's monogram "S"
  • Tomb monument of Sigismund I the Old and Sigismund II Augustus in the Chapel
    Tomb monument of Sigismund I the Old and Sigismund II Augustus in the Chapel

See also

References

  1. ISBN 978-3-540-72129-1
    .
  2. ^ Rouček, Joseph Slabey (1949). Slavonic encyclopaedia. Philosophical Library. p. 24. The much admired Sigismund Chapel, called 'the pearl of the Renaissance north of the Alps' by foreign scholars.

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