Church of St. Egidius

Church of Saint Aegidius
Poland, Krakow
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Church of St. Egidius

Church of Saint Aegidius
Poland, Krakow
The Church of St. Egidius is located near the Wawel Castle in Krakow, on Grodzka Street. According to legend, it was built in the 11th century by Prince Vladislav. In the XIX century, during the redevelopment of the city, the church was planned to be destroyed, but thanks to the intervention of the townspeople, the temple was saved. In the 1980s, the goadhs underwent restoration, and the temple acquired a modern look.

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Located at the foot of the Wawel Castle. It was built in the first half of the XIV century, and then rebuilt in the late XVI century. Gothic, single-nave, with a presbytery covered with a ribbed cross. Outside on the wall of the presbytery is a painting of the Virgin and Child (XVII century). Inside - the main late Renaissance altar, an element of the sarcophagus of St. Jacek (1581-83), transferred here from his chapel in the Dominican Church. Portals in the presbytery and nave, honorary benches and decorations of the walls of the presbytery appeared in 1629; they are also elements of the sarcophagus of St.
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