Corpus Christi Basilica (Krakow)
| Corpus Christi basilica | |
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 View from pl. Wolnica |
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| Construction year: | 1340 |
| Inauguration: | 1340 |
| Style elements : | Brick Gothic , Baroque |
| Client: | Catholic Church |
| Location: | 50 ° 2 '58.9 " N , 19 ° 56' 40.3" E |
| Address: | Bożego Ciała 26 Krakow Poland |
| Purpose: | Roman Catholic Parish Church |
| Diocese : | Krakow |
The Basilica of Corpus Christi (Polish: Bazylika Bożego Ciała ) in Kraków is a Roman Catholic church at ul. Bożego Ciała 26 in the Kazimierz district south of Kraków's Old Town .
history
The Corpus Christi basilica was built around 1340 by Casimir III. to the great in the new town of Kazimierz on an island south of the old town as a parish church. The church was expanded from 1385 in the brick Gothic style by the builders Mikołaj Czipser and Jan Czipser and completed in 1405. In the same year Ladislaus II Jagiełło brought the Augustinian Canons from Glatz to manage the church. A monastery was also built for them near the church. The facade was not completed until around 1500 and the Mannerist style bell tower was added from 1566 to 1582. The interior of the church was baroque in the 17th century. In 2005 the church was elevated to a minor basilica .
St. Stanisław Kazimierczyk and the Florentine Bartolomeo Berrecci , the most important Polish-Italian architect of the High Renaissance, are buried in the church.
Works of art
There are numerous Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque works of art in the church, including the Krakow Madonna by Lucas Cranach the Elder .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bazylika Bożego Ciała on gcatholic.org