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ST. ALEXANDER'S CHURCH AT SUNSET :-) - Warsaw
ST. ALEXANDER'S CHURCH AT SUNSET :-)
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Churches: Surprising Coincedences
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  • By scottishvisitor on August 13, 2006
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  • A Double Take on a Picture - Warsaw
    A Double Take on a Picture
    by scottishvisitor
    Wandering around the small streets of Warsaw we found the Church of St. Martin's. Warsaw has many churches but this one caught my eye, it is one of the oldest churches in Warsaw but probably has the most recent history relating to Warsaw's troubled past. St. Martin's was used by the Solidarity members who met here in secret before and during martial law. These people deserve great praise in their great contribution to the fall of communist rule.
    VT member Evaanna is the reason for the coincedence - I had seen her pages but it was not until returning home I found we both had taken the same picture from the same spot!!

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  • Address: Ul. Piwna 9/11
  • Phone: 831 02 22
  • Directions: Just of the old town market square
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    Churches: St. Anne's Church
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  • Updated By evaanna on June 19, 2005
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  • St Anne's Church - Warsaw
    St Anne's Church
    by evaanna, 1 more photos
    St. Anne's Church has sat on the high escarpment on the edge of Castle Square for centuries. The church was founded in 1454 by Anna Mazowiecka, the wife and mother of the Mazovian princes and named after her patron saint. In 1578 a high bell tower was added to the church founded by Queen Anna Jagiellonka. The history of the church is a reflection of the turbulent history of our country: fires - reconstruction, looting, especially at the time of the Swedish 'deluge', more fires in which the whole magnificent library of the convent burnt down, restoration again in 1749 and 1775, addition of another chapel designed by Henryk Marconi in 1837, then more restoration, which completely obliterated the original style of the church.
    In 1939 the church was bombed and its roof burnt down together with one of the chapels.
    Another bomb damaged it again during the Warsaw Uprising. When reconstruction started in 1945, a hurricane caused the already weakened facade to collapse. Another disaster loomed in 1948 when the tunnel of the East - West Route (Trasa W-Z) was being drilled next to the church. The whole escarpment began to subside and cracks could be noticed in the church foundations. Yet, the danger was reverted in time. The post-war reconstruction of the church focused on the original Gothic elements and conservation of the precious altars, paintings and sculptures. The building and its interior are now an important part of Warsaw cultural heritage. An Academic Church, it played a great role at the time of the Solidarity movement and made a great contribution to the victory of democracy.
    You can climb the Bell Tower to see the magnificent panorama from the top.

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  • Address: Krakowskie Przedmiescie 68
  • Phone: 826 89 91
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    Churches: Orthodox Church of St. Mary Magdalene
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  • Updated By HORSCHECK on January 16, 2005
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  • Orthodox Church - Warsaw
    Orthodox Church
    by HORSCHECK
    The Orthodox Church of St. Mary Magdalene (sw. Marii Magdaleny) was completed in 1869 to serve as a place of worship for the Russian citzens of Warsaw. It was built in Russian Byzantine style with 5 onion doomed towers. Usually the church is closed, but I was lucky to get a glimpse of the golden interieur as the door was open when I was there.

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  • Address: Orthodox Church, al. Solidarnosci 52, Warsaw
  • Directions: The Orthodox Church of St. Mary Magdalene is situated in the Praga district of Warsaw, just at the junction of al. Solidarnosci and Targowa.
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    Churches: Church of Assumption and of St. Joseph
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  • Church of  Assumption and of St. Joseph - Warsaw
    Church of Assumption and of
    St. Joseph
    by evaanna
    The construction of this church started in 1642 and lasted over 70 years. The founders were the contemplative order of discalced (barefooted) Carmelites, but the building was also subsidised by King Jan Kazimierz, Cardinal Primate Radziejowski and two generations of the wealthy Wessel family. The imposing classicist facade designed by Efraim Schroeger was added in 1762, founded by the Polish aristocratic family of Radziwills. That is why the interior of the church is still baroque, the outside classicist.
    But the most amazing thing about this beautiful church is the fact that it came out of the war nearly unscathed, in spite of the bombings and fires following the Warsaw Uprising, which left most of the Warsaw churches in ruins.

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  • Address: Krakowskie Przedmiescie 52/54
  • Phone: 556 61 00
  • Directions: Next to the Monument to Adam Mickiewicz
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    Churches: St. Florian's Church
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  • St. Florian's Church - Warsaw
    St. Florian's Church
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    The two red spires of the St. Florian's Church (kosciol sw. Floriana) dominate the silhouette of the Praga district on the eastern bank of the Vistula river. It was bulit around 1900, but totally destroyed in 1944. The church which is also known as Cathedral of Praga was rebulit until 1972.

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  • Address: St. Florian's Church, ul.Florianska 3, Warsaw
  • Directions: The St. Florian's Church is located in ul. Florianska 3 in the Praga district of Warsaw.
  • Website: http://www.katedra-floriana.wpraga.opoka.org.pl/
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    Churches: Church and Convent of Nuns of the Visitation
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  • Church of Nuns of the Visitation (from university) - Warsaw
    Church of Nuns of the
    Visitation (from university)
    by evaanna, 2 more photos
    Nuns of the Visitation were brought to Poland from France over 350 years ago by Ludwika Maria Gonzaga, wife of King Jan Kazimierz. The queen had wanted the nuns to look after 'fallen women' but the bishops and Polish gentry thought it 'inappropriate'. In the end, the sisters set up a girls' boarding-school and took care of children entrusted to them by the parents. The convent is enclosed - the nuns are not allowed to leave the place and must not be seen by visitors. Within their community they are not allowed to use their names and use the third person instead, addressing each other as Your Grace. They must not have any close friends among themselves either as everybody should be given equal treatment.
    The building itself dates back to the 17th - 18th centuries. The sculptures decorating its baroque facade are by Jan Jerzy Plerch, as is the pulpit in the shape of a boat. The church, miraculously, was not damaged in the Warsaw Uprising in 1944 when it served as a refuge for the needy and the wounded, Poles and Germans alike. So it has managed to keep its original features till the present time. One of the most precious items we can see there is the organ on which Fryderyk Chopin improvised, giving his Sunday concerts after 1825. He had also attended Mass there as a high school student.
    In front of the church stands the monument to Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski, the Primate of the Catholic Church in Poland in Communist times.
    Pictures of the church can be taken in only winter when the trees that obscure the facade have lost their leaves.

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  • Directions: The corner of Karowa and Krakowskie Przedmiescie, next to the university
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    Churches: St. John's Cathedral
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  • St. John's Cathedral - Warsaw
    St. John's Cathedral
    by evaanna
    This most ancient of Warsaw churches is already mentioned in 13th century records, but came to be well-known later: It was here that in 1339 a papal legate publicly condemned the Teutonic Order for the annexation of the Polish city of Gdansk. Polish kings all loved this church, lavishly endowing it with new altars, stalls, paintings, and adding new cloisters or other elements to its architecture. One of the most precious of the gifts was a magnificent, and apparently miraculous, carved wooden crucifix brought from Nuremberg in 1539, a gift from the then Mayor of Warsaw, Jerzy Baryczko, which endured all the war damage and is still there, an object of worship.
    Throughout the ages the Cathedral witnessed a few coronations of Polish kings and queens, kings' oaths and many other church or state celebrations.
    The church was partly damaged by bombs already in September 1939, but the final blow came during the Warsaw Uprising. The insurgents fought fiercely for its every inch but a controlled tank loaded with explosives was sent inside by the infuriated Nazis, causing an enormous explosion. Luckily, the miraculous crucifix had been removed in time. Part of the caterpillar of that tank can now be seen in the cathedral wall on the side of Kanonia St.
    The restoration took place in the years 1948 - 1956. The new design by J. Zachwatowicz considerably differed from the pre-war Cathedral, taking it back in time to its Gothic look. During restoration unexpected discoveries were made in the crypt, the most interesting of which was the finding of the tombs of two Mazovian Princes, Stanislaw and Janusz (d.1524 and 1526). Don't miss those when you visit the Cathedral.
    I suppose such a famous and wonderful place should be open all day. But when I went there last, a notice said "Closed from 13.00 to 15.00". It doesn't matter to me - I can come again, but what about those tourists who can't? For information on concerts given in the Cathedral in the summer see my next tip.

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  • Address: Swietojanska 10
  • Phone: (022) 831 02 89
  • Website: http://www.katedra.mkw.pl/
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    Churches: St. Martin's Church - Old Town
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  • St. Martin's Church - Warsaw
    St. Martin's Church
    by AcornMan
    Dating from the 15th century, St. Martin's Church is a major feature on the Old Town skyline. Later refurbishments gave it a baroque appearance, though like nearly all other buildings in the area it was destroyed during World War II. It was here during the 1980s that leaders of the Solidarity movement held clandestine meetings.

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    Churches: Church of the Holy Spirit
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  • Church of the Holy Spirit - Warsaw
    Church of the Holy Spirit
    by AcornMan
    Church of the Holy Spirit is located in New Town, and you'll walk right past it if you walk north from the Barbican. Originally built of wood in the 14th century, it was destroyed during the Swedish invasion in 1655. Because of a lack of funds it wasn't until 1707 that construction began on a new church in a baroque style. The current church was completed in 1717.

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  • Address: Nowomiejska 23
  • Directions: Northwest of the Barbican on Nowomiejska Street.
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    Churches: St. Jacek's Church
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  • St. Jacek's Church - Warsaw
    St. Jacek's Church
    by AcornMan
    Construction of the gothic St. Jacek's Church began in 1603 but was interrupted by a rare and sudden outbreak of the plague. As a result, the church was not completed until 1639. In addition to the tombs of Adam and Malgorzata Kotowski, the church is also home to tablets commemorating Polish resistance leaders of World War II.

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  • Address: Freta 8/10
  • Directions: Northwest of the Barbican on Freta Street.
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