Poznań

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The history of the Jesuit church dates back to the 16th century. In 1570, bishop Adam Konarski, encouraged by the Bishop of Warmia Stanisław Hozjusz (later a cardinal), brought Jesuits to Poznań and urged the city to give them a small church of St. Stanisław Bishop, founded by bishop Jan Lubrański for retired priests, two hospitals and a municipal school; he himself furnished the religious house with four villages. This confirmation was confirmed by King Henry of Valois in 1574, and a year later he was entered in the chapter files by rector of the college Jakub Wujek - translator of the first printed Bible in Poland. Over time, the church turned out to be too small for the needs of the order, it also required frequent repairs, hence the Jesuits decided to build a new, larger temple. In 1651 the cornerstone was laid. Initially, the work was led by Thomas Poncino de Goricia from Lugano - he was released when he cracked the part of the walls erected. After a 22-year break, caused by, among others "Swedish Deluge", in 1678 the work was undertaken by the newly appointed rector of the College Bartłomiej Nataniel Wąsowski, an architectural theorist. He used the existing foundations, used a light wooden vault over the 27-meter high nave. From the north, it closed the church, typical of Jesuit architecture, with a five-axis Il Gesu facade. wooden vault above the 27-meter high nave. From the north, it closed the church, typical of Jesuit architecture, with a five-axis Il Gesu facade. wooden vault above the 27-meter high nave. From the north, it closed the church, typical of Jesuit architecture, with a five-axis Il Gesu facade.Read more

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This late Gothic rectorial church was most probably built where the stronghold's chapel, erected around 965 by Mieszko I's wife, Dobrawa, used to stand. It was constructed between 1431-47. In the early 19th century the church was in such terrible condition that the Prussian authorities ordered it demolished. That fate was only avoided thanks to the efforts of Archbishop Leon Przyłuski, which lead to restoration of the church in the years 1859-62.
The west gable, crowned with a small bell, is ornamented with pointed blank windows and small ornaments with floral motifs in stone. The side elevations are partitioned with decorative cover profiles, between which there are high pointed windows (walled up on the northern side). At the base of the structure one can see a rock with characteristic grooves. As the story goes, they were created by knights sharpening their swords on the rock, which was supposed to give them supernatural power. The high roof is covered with ridge tiles (monk and nun). The church is entered from the south through a pointed portal made of profiled, glazed bricks. A similar portal, only walled up, can be found in the north elevation. The three - nave bay has a Gothic stellar vaulting over the naves and over the chancel and the ambulatory a sail vaulting on supporting arches from 1727. The polychromy inside the church, the design of the stained glass windows and the altar were made by Wacław Taranczewski between 1954-56.Read more