Załuski Chapel
| Załuski Chapel | |
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 View from the south |
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| Construction year: | before 1344 |
| Inauguration: | before 1344 |
| Style elements : | Gothic , Renaissance , Rococo |
| Client: | Catholic Church |
| Location: | 50 ° 3 '16.4 " N , 19 ° 56' 9" E |
| Address: |
Wawel Krakow Lesser Poland , Poland |
| Purpose: | Roman Catholic burial church |
| Diocese : | Krakow |
The Załuski Chapel is one of the 19 chapels that surround the Kraków Cathedral . It is dedicated to John the Evangelist and is located in the southern ambulatory .
history
On the site of the chapel and the Jan Olbracht chapel , the Jan Grot chapel was built in Gothic style before 1344. It was divided into two chapels around 1501 and the western Jan Olbracht Chapel was rebuilt in the Renaissance style for King Jan I. Olbracht , who died in 1501 . The Krakow castellan Walenty Dembiński was buried in the eastern chapel in the 16th century . His Renaissance tomb from 1584 has been preserved. Between 1758 and 1766 the chapel was rebuilt in the Rococo style by Francesco Placidi for the late Bishop Andrzej Stanisław Załuski . He also created the new tomb for the donor of the chapel, Bishop Jan Grot . Salvator Monosilio created the rococo altar in 1767.
crypt
The following were buried in the chapel:
- Bishop Jan Grot
- Kastelan Walenty Dembiński
- Bishop Andrzej Stanisław Załuski
inner space
The tombs are in the style of late Renaissance / Mannerism and Rococo. The altar is also in the Rococo style.
source
- Michał Rożek: Krakowska katedra na Wawelu . Wydawnictwo św. Stanisława BM Archidiecezji Krakowskiej, Kraków 1989
