The Augustinian church and the monastery of St. Martin remained the property of the monastery until the dissolution of the order in 1866. This monastery, founded in 1353 by Prince Semowit Mazowiecki and built in the Gothic style, underwent further reconstructions in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to finally acquire a late Baroque form. Especially interesting is the facade and the church bell tower with preserved Gothic elements in the lower part. Under it there is a passage to the arcade courtyard of the monastery.
During the Second World War, the church and the monastery were seriously damaged. Rebuilt in 1953-1962 and handed over to the Franciscan sisters, they received a modern interior design designed by Sister Alma Skshidlevska.
This is a rare example of a skillful combination of historical architecture with elements of modern art. Interesting bas-reliefs, stained-glass windows, sgraffito painting, forged doors, bars and decorative elements add a special charm to the temple.
These are the works of artists Anna Groholska, Jerzy Machai and Tereza Reklevska. It is worth paying attention to the original metal restoration of the cavities of the burnt antique crucifix. The Baroque church building with fragments in the Gothic style has three naves and two chapels on the annex of the naves. In the eighteenth-century chapel of Our Lady of Sorrows (in the right nave) there is a copy of a sixteenth-century painting from the main altar and plaster copies of fifteenth-century sculptures. Fragments of the Gothic wall preserved in the Chapel of Jesus testify to its origin in the fifteenth century.
In the basement is the grave of Adam Jarzebski, who died in 1650 (composer, musician and poet of the Baroque era, author of the book "Go? ciniec albo opisanie Warszawy 1643 r. ", which is the first guide to Warsaw).
On the side pillars of the church there are memorial plaques dedicated to the memory of the heroes of the Second World War: soldiers of the Parachute Brigade of the Polish Armed Forces in Great Britain (Cichociemni) and Polish scouts who died in 1939-1945.
During the Second World War, the church and the monastery were seriously damaged. Rebuilt in 1953-1962 and handed over to the Franciscan sisters, they received a modern interior design designed by Sister Alma Skshidlevska.
This is a rare example of a skillful combination of historical architecture with elements of modern art. Interesting bas-reliefs, stained-glass windows, sgraffito painting, forged doors, bars and decorative elements add a special charm to the temple.
These are the works of artists Anna Groholska, Jerzy Machai and Tereza Reklevska. It is worth paying attention to the original metal restoration of the cavities of the burnt antique crucifix. The Baroque church building with fragments in the Gothic style has three naves and two chapels on the annex of the naves. In the eighteenth-century chapel of Our Lady of Sorrows (in the right nave) there is a copy of a sixteenth-century painting from the main altar and plaster copies of fifteenth-century sculptures. Fragments of the Gothic wall preserved in the Chapel of Jesus testify to its origin in the fifteenth century.
In the basement is the grave of Adam Jarzebski, who died in 1650 (composer, musician and poet of the Baroque era, author of the book "Go? ciniec albo opisanie Warszawy 1643 r. ", which is the first guide to Warsaw).
On the side pillars of the church there are memorial plaques dedicated to the memory of the heroes of the Second World War: soldiers of the Parachute Brigade of the Polish Armed Forces in Great Britain (Cichociemni) and Polish scouts who died in 1939-1945.
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