Rogowski Chapel

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Rogowski Chapel
View from the entrance to the royal tombs

View from the entrance to the royal tombs
Construction year: 1459
Inauguration: 1465
Style elements : Renaissance
Client: Catholic Church
Location: 50 ° 3 '17.1 "  N , 19 ° 56' 6.9"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 3 '17.1 "  N , 19 ° 56' 6.9"  E
Address: Wawel
Krakow
Lesser Poland , Poland
Purpose: Roman Catholic burial church
Diocese : Krakow

The Rogowski Chapel was one of the chapels that surrounded the Kraków Cathedral . It was under the patronage of the Holy Children of Bethlehem .

history

The Gothic chapel was donated in 1459 by the Knight Hińcza von Rogów and was completed by 1465. It was profaned in 1773, and the entrance to the royal tombs was built in its place. The entrance from the nave of the cathedral was walled up. Gothic frescoes are still preserved on the vault.

  • Frescoes

  • Frescoes

Floor plan of the cathedral:
Rogowski Chapel is No. 4

source

  • Michał Rożek: Krakowska katedra na Wawelu . Wydawnictwo św. Stanisława BM Archidiecezji Krakowskiej, Kraków 1989

Web links

Commons : Rogowski Chapel  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files