Kościół pw. Świętego Augustyna i Świętego Jana Chrzciciela w Krakowie
This church, known in Polish as Kościół św. Augustyna i św. Jana Chrzciciela and colloquially as the Kościół norbertanek, ties together monastic life, war, and rebuilding in one continuous story of place. The monastery and church were founded by Jaksa Gryfita—tradition places it probably in 1162—and the original complex was built in Romanesque style. That stability did not last: it was destroyed during the Mongol invasions of 1241, 1260, and 1287, then rebuilt in the same Romanesque manner, with surviving traces including a Romanesque portal in the porch. Defence also shaped the monastery. Its later walls date to the reign of Władysław II Jagiełło (who ruled 1386–1434). The church’s present form comes from a major reconstruction between 1596 and 1626, involving Giovanni Battista Trevano and Giovanni Petrini. …
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