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 St. Mary's Church by mightywease
The two towers of unequal height give the outside of church an idiosyncratic air. This aysmmetry prompting feelings of friendliness and comfort. The building looks welcoming.
The interior of the church is just amazing. Highly decorated in bright colours, reds, blues, greens and gold. The choir stalls are
backed by low-relief carvings of intricate detail.
For me the most astonishing part of the church is the High Altar, made by Wit Stwosz between 1477 and 1489. The alter screen is like a large cabinet with huge doors which can be opened out. Both the outside and inside of the alter screen are wonderfully carved and decorated, showing scenes from the lives of Jesus and the Virgin Mary. The figures are lifelike, the detail fantastic and the whole effect vigorous.
The huge outer doors are opened at midday so it is worth visitng the church a little before that so you can witness both the outer and inner decoration as well as the ceremony when the doors are open.
I also particularly like the fact that a seperate area is provided for worshippers. I enjoy visiting religious buildings whether they be churches, mosques, synagogues but am often worried that my tourism is distracting for people who have come to worship. Therefore it was refreshing to see that the feelings of both worshippers and visitors were catered for in a very sympathetic way. Leave a Comment Address: Mariacki Sq. 5Directions: In the main Market Square Open 11.30am-6.00pm Mon-Friday and 2.00-6.00pm Sunday.
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 by ginte
First, the interior is decorated unlike any cathedral you'll have ever seen. Brightly painted in blue and gold and filled with portraits of Polish nobility throughout history, St. Mary's makes the grand stone cathedrals elsewhere in Europe appear cavernous and dull.
Second, St. Mary's was John Paul II's home cathedral prior to his election to Pope.
Third, St. Mary's greets the hour not with church bells, but with a live trumpeteer who blows a tune out of three different windows in the hexagon-shaped tower - a unique and neat little tradition! Leave a Comment Directions: Market Square
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 St. Mary's Church by HORSCHECKLeave a Comment Address: St. Mary's Church, Rynek Glowny 4, KrakowDirections: St. Mary's Church is situated at the northeastern edge of the Market Square (Rynek Glowny).
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 by ginte
In the lower tower five bells are housed while the higher tower served as as a watch-tower since the Middle Ages.
Inside St. Mary's is a valuable collection of Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque furnishings but the most famous art work is certainly the wooden altar built by Wit Stwosz in the 15th century. Leave a Comment Directions: Marker Square
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andrzej binkiewicz/ by luigi_plLeave a Comment Address: in the centre, in the corner of market square
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 St Marys by Jasen71Leave a Comment
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This, located in the middle of the city church is probably the most famous in Poland - it's called St. Mary's. Built around XIV century.
Late Gothic architecture, inside - a great altar with sculptures curved by Wit Stwosz (probably the biggest wooden Gothic altar in the world) Leave a Comment Address: The main market square, opposite Sukiennice
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 St. Mary's Basilica,
Krakow, Poland by jumpingnorman
A trumpet blows out every hour from the taller of the two towers which breaks off in mid-stream because the story has it that a 13th century trumpeteer was shot in the throat while sounding the alarm during an attack by the Mongols. This “broken” trump tune is broadcast live at noontime by a radio station and is known as the heynal.
When in Krakow, don’t miss listening to the sound of this trumpet! Leave a Comment
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 Mary's Suffering by naruto
It measures 11 x 13m, and the height of the realistically depicted figures is about 2.7m. The altar was carved from the oak wood (construction) and linden wood (sculptures).
The basis for the altar is formed by a predella with a genealogical tree of Christ and Mary. The cabinet of the retable is ornamented by four wings, two of which are immobile. When the cabinet is open, it depicts the mystery of Mary's joy from the Annunciation to the Descent of the Holy Ghost (on the wings), to the superb artistic scene of St. Mary's Falling Asleep, surrounded by the Apostles (in the centre), to the Assumption and Coronation in the presence of St Adalbert and St Stanislaus (above). When the wings of the cabinet are closed, there appear twelve scenes of Mary's Suffering. Leave a Comment
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