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Holy Cross Church, Warsaw

Holy Cross Church, Warsaw

Józef Szymon Bellotti & Józef Fontana

Photo: Adrian Grycuk · CC BY-SA 3.0 pl · Wikimedia Commons

Location
Krakowskie Przedmieście, Warsaw, Poland
Client / Owner
Michał Stefan Radziejowski
Year
Completed 1757
Access
Public
Typology
Spiritual
Style
Baroque

The infobox lists Józef Fontana as architect of the Church of the Holy Cross in Warsaw, but the text says Józef Szymon Bellotti was the main designer and Fontana built two late Baroque headpieces from 1725 to 1737. The infobox names Michał Stefan Radziejowski as client, and the text adds Abbot Kazimierz Szczuka. The infobox gives 1682 to 1757, while the text dates the main building to 1679 to 1696.

The article calls the style Baroque and names no materials or dimensions. German mines destroyed the facade, vaulting and altars in 1944, though the text also says the church was blown up in January 1945. B. Zborowski rebuilt it in simplified form from 1945 to 1953.

Chopin's heart was placed in a pillar in 1882. Congregation of the Mission friars run the church, and a Mass with Mozart's Requiem is held each October 17. The article gives no hours.

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