Church on the Rock

Church of St. Michael the Archangel and St. Stanislaus
Poland, Krakow
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Church on the Rock

Church of St. Michael the Archangel and St. Stanislaus
Poland, Krakow
Catholic church of the XIV century, located in the historical center of Krakow, on the banks of the Vistula River. Translated from Polish, "rolling pin" means "small stone". The fact is that the church is located on a small hill, known for the fact that here, on the orders of the Polish king, Stanislav, the archbishop of Krakow, who was later canonized, was killed. It was originally a Gothic church, rebuilt in the middle of the 18th century in the Baroque style. At the end of the 19th century, the interior of the church was overhauled. As a result of another reconstruction - in 1950 - the facade of the building was updated. In the crypt of the temple are the sarcophagi of thirteen Polish cultural figures.

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Traveled 7 years ago
Rating 9
The small basilica, the Catholic baroque church of the monastery of the Order of St. Paul, the church consecrated in the name of Archangel Michael and St. Archbishop Stanislaw Szczepanowski - the most interesting place of worship in the historic district of Kazimierz in Krakow. There is a monument on Skalechna Street on the territory of the monastery. The building is briefly referred to as the Pauline Church on Skalka. This is the third surviving temple building on the site of the previous two. The first church of the Archangel Michael on Skalka, a Romanesque rotunda, was built in the X-XI centuries on the site of a pagan Vistula temple on the high bank of the Vistula.
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