Kościół pw. Przemienienia Pańskiego
This baroque Piarist church, formally Kościół Przemienienia Pańskiego i Opieki Matki Boskiej Królowej Polski, is inseparable from the order that founded it. It is known in everyday speech as the Piarist Church in Kraków, and it follows the Roman Catholic tradition of a conventual church operated by the Order of Poor Clerics Regular of the Mother of God of the Pious Schools (Pijarzy). Construction began in 1718 and continued until 1728, carried out by the architect Kacper Bażanka. Later, the church’s façade was completed in two stages between 1759 and 1761, designed by Francesco Placidi. Inside the nave, the ceiling carries 18th-century illusionistic vault decorations, and the frescoes were painted by artists from Moravia: Franz Gregor Ignaz Eckstein and Joseph Piltz. …
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