Thomaskirche (Krakow)

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Thomas Church
View from ul. Św.  Tomasza

View from ul. Św. Tomasza

Construction year: 1618
Inauguration: 1621
Style elements : Baroque
Client: Catholic Church
Location: 50 ° 3 '44.8 "  N , 19 ° 56' 27.2"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 3 '44.8 "  N , 19 ° 56' 27.2"  E
Address: ul.Spitalna 12
Krakow
Poland
Purpose: Roman Catholic Spiritan Church
Diocese : Krakow
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The Thomas Church (Pol. Kościół św. Tomasza ) in Kraków is a Catholic church at ul. Szpitalna 12, in the northern part of Krakow's Old Town . It was built for the Carmelites .

The church is located in the northern part of Kraków's Old Town at the intersection of ul. Św. Tomasza and ul. Szpitalna .

history

From the 16th century until 1591 there was a church of the Polish Brothers on the site of the present church . The Thomaskirche with the Carmelite monastery belonging to it was built in the years 1618 to 1621 in the style of the early baroque . The church and the monastery were taken over by the Spiritanerinnen in 1800 .

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