St. Martins Church, Poland

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Year: 18 century.

St. Martin's Church is located in the heart of the Old Town in Warsaw. It was founded in the 18th century. The old church is a grand building with three chapels. The very first church was founded on this site in 1353. The first large-scale reconstruction of the church began in 1744. It was held under the direction of the famous Italian architect Giovanni Spinola. It was during this period that the church acquired its unique Rococo features.

Karol Antoni Bay was directly involved in the design of the new church. It is believed that the bold idea to make the church an unusual wavy facade belonged to him. Many elements of the church's altar were also designed by Bay. Almost every element of the interior decoration of the church is a unique art exhibit today. Unfortunately, many unique elements of the church's design and works of art were completely lost during the Second World War. Many works of art have been replaced with exact copies today.

The ancient figure of the Virgin Mary with the Child is the main decoration of the church today as many years ago. The old church much owes its present impressive appearance to Sister Alma Skrzydlewska. She drew up a detailed draft of it in the pre-war years. It was this project that managed to restore not only the appearance of the historic building but also elements of its interior decoration. In addition to the sculpture of the Virgin Mary, a fragment of an ancient crucifix that survived the fire is also kept in the church. It is included in the new crucifixion today.

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Fuel station: 'Bliska Warszawa Sanguszki' in 0.97 km

Supermarket: 'Biedronka' in 0.62 km

Parking: 'Paid Parking' in 0.14 km

Apotheek: 'Apteka Miejska Rynek Starego Miasta. Leki Gotowe' in 0.16 km

Police station: 'Policja. Komenda Rejonowa Warszawa I. Rewir Dzielnicowych II' in 0.73 km

Cafe/restaurant: 'Portretowa / Kawiarnia' in 0.03 km

Railway station: 'Warszawa Gdańska' in 1.58 km

Nearest airports:
» Frederic Chopin Airport WAW - in 9 km

» Wladyslaw Reymont Airport LCJ - in 124 km

» Rudniki Airport CZW - in 196 km

» Pyrzowice Airport KTW - in 238 km

» Jasionka Airport RZE - in 247 km

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