Bernardine Church (Krakow)
| St. Bernard Church | |
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 View from ul. Bernardyńska |
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| Construction year: | 1453 |
| Inauguration: | 1453 |
| Style elements : | Baroque |
| Client: | Catholic Church |
| Location: | 50 ° 3 '12.4 " N , 19 ° 56' 19.1" E |
| Address: | ul. Bernardyńska 2 Krakow Poland |
| Purpose: | Roman Catholic Franciscan Church |
| Diocese : | Krakow |
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The Bernardine Church (Pol. Kościół Bernardynów ) or St. Bernardine Church (Pol. Kościół św. Bernardýna ) in Krakow is a Catholic church on ul. Bernardyńska 2 in the district of Stradom immediately south of Castle Hill Wawel .
history
Johannes Capistranus came to Krakow in 1453 at the invitation of King Casimir IV. Andrew , where he introduced the Order of the Saint Bernard . Cardinal Zbigniew Oleśnicki donated the first Gothic St. Bernard Church, which was completed under Jan Długosz . The founder was the knight and Sandomir Kastelan Hińcza from Rogów . The church was redesigned in Baroque style between 1645 and 1647, but it was completely destroyed during the Swedish Flood . The new baroque building was carried out between 1659 and 1680 by Krzysztof Mieroszewski .
