Arc of the Lord Church
At the “Kościół Arka Pana” complex—officially the Church of Our Lady Queen of Poland—you’re looking at a Roman Catholic parish church built in a period of intense political pressure in Kraków’s new socialist housing district. Local residents organized a parish as early as 1952, then lobbied for permission to build, but the communist authorities refused until petitions in 1956 finally led to approval. In 1957, they even marked the future site with a wooden cross near Plac Teatralny, only for permission to be withdrawn in October 1959—sparking protests during the April 27, 1960 incident, when authorities came to remove the cross and the militia used violence. A new location was secured in 1965 through the intervention of Metropolitan Bishop Karol Wojtyła. Architect Wojciech Pietrzyk designed the church in 1965, and construction began in 1967; the church was built between 1967 and 1977 as the first new church in Nowa Huta. …
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