St. Hyacinth's Church, Warsaw
church building in Warsaw, Poland
St. Hyacinth's Church (Polish: Kościół św. Jacka), named after Saint Hyacinth of Poland, is a Baroque Catholic church building located in Warsaw's New Town at Freta Street 8/10.
History
St. Hyacinth's Church was founded by the Dominican Order and adjoins Warsaw's largest monastery. The church is largely early Baroque in appearance, but also comprises Renaissance and Gothic Revival elements in the apse (arches, vaults). Its construction began in 1603 and it was completed in 1639.
During the construction and shortly afterwards the church was encompassed with ornate chapels. In 1627 Jadwiga Mińska established the Holy Cross Chapel, the so-called Dark Chapel, and in 1651 the Royal Musicians founded the Chapel of Our Lady of the Snows.
When Warsaw was captured by Swedish and Brandenburgian forces in 1655, the church shared the same fate as other buildings in the city.
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