St. Kazimierz Church

Coordinates: 52°15′12″N 21°0′31″E / 52.25333°N 21.00861°E / 52.25333; 21.00861
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St. Kazimierz Church
Kościół św. Kazimierza (in Polish)
Style
Baroque
Administration
ArchdioceseWarsaw
Historic Monument of Poland
Designated1994-09-08
Part ofWarsaw – historic city center with the Royal Route and Wilanów
Reference no.M.P. 1994 nr 50 poz. 423[1]

St. Kazimierz Church (

Rynek Nowego Miasta
2 (New Town Market Place, no. 2).

History

Maria Kazimiera Sobieska to be transformed into a church to serve the Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration of the Most Holy Sacrament, whom she had brought to Poland.[2]

New Town Market Square with St. Kazimierz Church, by Canaletto
, 1770.

In 1688-92 the Kotowski residence was transformed into a church-cum-cloister, to a design by the leading Polish-

Palladian
style.

Between 1718 and 1721 the

Sobieski family - Maria Karolina Sobieska de Bouillon (the granddaughter of John III of Poland) and Maria Józefa Sobieska.[3] In 1769, the former 17th century tabernacle was replaced with a new marble one decorated with silver. During the Kościuszko Uprising the nuns donated some of the church equipment to the army - 12 silver candlesticks from Augsburg, 5 gilded reliquaries, 52 precious votives and 4 statues of angels from the main altar - 412 silver grzywnas worth.[3]

In World War II, during the Warsaw Uprising, like nearby St. Hyacinth's Church, St. Kazimierz was used as a hospital. The nuns housed many civilians in the church and cellars and gave medical aid as well as they could. In August 1944 they decided to suspend their rules to assist wounded insurgents. Because of this decision the German military targeted the church and the cloister for heavy bombing.[4][5] During a single raid on August 31, 1944, four priests, 35 nuns and over a thousand civilians sheltering in the church's crypt were killed.[4] Sobieska's magnificent church and cloisters was destroyed.[5]

The church was reconstructed in 1947–53, but the Kotowski Palace was never restored.[6]

Interior

General view of interior.

Designed by Tylman Gamerski, the church consists of a large dome atop a basic Greek

skulls.[3] The tombstone was reconstructed in 1961 by Antoni Szymanowski.[3]

Charlotte, Duchess of Boullion's Monument

  • 19th-century engraving
    19th-century engraving
  • Overview
    Overview
  • Charlotte's bust
    Charlotte's bust

Photos

  • The ruins of St. Kazimierz Church near the end of World War II
    The ruins of St. Kazimierz Church near the end of World War II
  • The church from the New Town square
    The church from the New Town square

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Saint Casimir church in Warsaw.

References

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^
    ISBN 83-01-03323-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
    )
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Paweł Giergoń. "Kościół św. Kazimierza". www.sztuka.net (in Polish). Retrieved 2010-01-26.
  4. ^ a b "Historia kościoła św. Kazimierza". www.sakramentki.opoka.org.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2008-07-09.
  5. ^ a b Paweł Giergoń. "Kościół św. Kazimierza". www.sztuka.net.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
  6. ^ "Zespół kościelno-klasztorny Sakramentek na Rynku Nowego Miasta". www.varsovia.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2008-06-13. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
  7. ^ "Church of St. Kazimierz". eGuide / Treasures of Warsaw on-line. Retrieved 2008-07-09.

External links

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