Gamrat Chapel
| Gamrat Chapel | |
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 View from the east |
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| Construction year: | 1545 |
| Inauguration: | 1547 |
| Style elements : | Renaissance |
| Client: | Catholic Church |
| Location: | 50 ° 3 '17.3 " N , 19 ° 56' 9.1" E |
| Address: |
Wawel Krakow Lesser Poland , Poland |
| Purpose: | Roman Catholic burial church |
| Diocese : | Krakow |
The Gamrat Chapel is one of the 19 chapels that surround the Kraków Cathedral . It is also called Grochowsk Chapel and is dedicated to Catherine of Alexandria and is located in the eastern ambulatory .
history
The chapel was built in place of a Gothic chapel from the 14th century in the years from 1594 to 1595 by order of Queen Bona Sforza as a burial chapel for the archbishop and primate Piotr Gamrat by Giovanni Maria Mosca in the style of the late Renaissance. The Renaissance tomb of Piotr Gamrats was also created by Giovanni Maria Padovano, who took the tomb of Piotr Tomickis by Bartolomeo Berrecci , which is also in the Wawel Cathedral, as a model. The chapel was restored in the high baroque style between 1646 and 1649 by Bartolommeo Stopano on behalf of canon Jerzy Grochowski . The altar dates from 1661, the altarpiece from the 18th century.
crypt
The following were buried in the chapel:
- Archbishop and Primate Piotr Gamrat
- Canon Jerzy Grochowski
source
- Michał Rożek: Krakowska katedra na Wawelu . Wydawnictwo św. Stanisława BM Archidiecezji Krakowskiej, Kraków 1989
