- St. Martin's Church, Warsaw
Infobox Historic building
caption=Façade of St. Martin's.
name=St. Martin's Church
location_town=Warsaw
location_country=Poland
architect=Karol Antoni Bay
client=
engineer=
construction_start_date=1353
completion_date=
date_demolished=1944
cost=
structural_system=
style=Rococo (1752)|St. Martin's Church ( _pl. Kościół św. Marcina) is a church in
Warsaw ,Poland . It is located on "ulica Piwna" ("Beer Street") in the Polish capital's Old Town.History
It was established in
1353 together with the adjacentAugustinians cloister and a hospital of theHoly Ghost "intra muros" by Siemowit IIIduke of Masovia and his wife Eufemia. In1571 the famousWojciech Oczko was made a hospital doctor.In the 17th century a good standard orchestra was maintained by the Augustinians, which performed in the church. Inside,
Adam Jarzębski was buried, a musician and composer that worked for the kings of the Vasa Dinasty.The church was reconstructed in about 1744 according to
Karol Bay 's design, and resembles the architecture of Bay's Church of Order of the Visitation. The main façade of waved lines represent so-called "Melted Sugar" style in therococo architecture. The central altar also according toKarol Bay 's design with sculptures byJan Jerzy Plersch was accomplished in 1751.Interior
The facade is
baroque , although the interior is completely modern. The profuse early baroque furnishings, created in the 1630s by Jan Henel (sculptor of KingWładysław IV Vasa ) together with the rococo decorations done in the 1750s, was destroyed by the Germans in a bombing of the church during theWarsaw Uprising . The church was ruined. It was reconstructed after theWorld War II .References
* "Warszawa w latach 1526-1795" t. II, red. Stefan Kieniewicz, Warszawa, 1984. ISBN 8301033231
ee also
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Visitationist Church External links
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