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Church of St. Anthony of Padua (Downtown, Warsaw)

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The church was badly damaged by the German army during the battles with insurgents in 1944. Especially affected were the side altar, the pulpit and organ, the chapel of Holy Family, the grille, and a part of the chapel's stucco arches. There was considerable human cost too - as mentioned on a
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From 1767 to 1781 the chapel of the Virgin Mary was built, and in 1792 the cloister was built perpendicular to the side arms to a design by Hilary Szpilowski. In 1850, a painting of the Virgin Mary, was added beside the
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The first Warsaw baroque church with a simple facade, it has a nave, a rectangular interior and two side chapels. The porch has a separated lattice (from the 18th century), and the side altars have images of
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Stefan Wierzbowski. The church was probably built to a design by Simone Giuseppe Belotti. Sculptures inside the church are the work of Jan Jerzy Plersch.
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In 1866 the parish was founded. In 1867, in connection with the dissolution of the Order of the Franciscans in the repression following the
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Stanisław Skarszewski founded the new church between 1668 and 1680, this time built of brick. In 1679 the temple was consecrated by the
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The church was rebuilt from 1950 to 1956 according to a design by Karol Szymański. The main altar was consecrated by Cardinal
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In 1895 the chapel of the Holy Family was built with an altar made by Wincent Bogaczyk. In 1907 the chapel was built for the
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Wiktor Malaszewski, and Stanisław Englert), people killed during World War II, people who died in
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In 1949 the church and parish had again been transferred back to the Franciscan Order.
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Inside the galleries are numerous epitaphs for deserving people (including the writer
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next door) on the right side of the chancel. In 1766, the monastery hid the famous
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at the front, and in 1851 a figure of Mary by Antoni Messing was placed on the
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in 1657, the original wooden church was destroyed by allied troops led by
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Encyklopedia Warszawy, Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. Warszawa. 1994. Page 96.
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had a box built for him and his wife (the royal couple lived in a
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Construction of the first church at this site was funded by
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Kościół św. Antoniego Padewskiego w Warszawie (Śródmieście)
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17th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Poland
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at the church, over 100 people were executed there.
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Just a few of the epitaphs in the interior galleries
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Church of St. Anthony of Padua in Warsaw (Downtown)
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52°14′34″N 21°00′23″E / 52.242778°N 21.006389°E / 52.242778; 21.006389
Warsaw
Poland
Denomination
Roman Catholic
www.swietyantoni.com.pl
Sigismund III Vasa
Dedication
Anthony of Padua
Architect(s)
Archdiocese
Parish
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Warsaw
downtown
St. Francis
St. Anthony of Padua
Rafał Hadziewicz
Klementyna Hoffmanowa
Stanisław Jachowicz

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