Carmelite Church (Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and of St. Joseph), Warsaw, Poland
Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and of St. Joseph commonly known as the Carmelite Church (Polish: Kościół Karmelitów) is a Roman Catholic church at Krakowskie Przedmieście 52/54 in Warsaw, Poland. The Carmelite Church has Warsaw's most notable neoclassical-style façade, created in 1761-83. The church assumed its present appearance beginning in the 17th century and is best known for its twin belfries shaped like censers. The church was founded in 1661 by Polish Primate Michał Stefan Radziejowski, who also established Warsaw's Holy Cross Church. It was built in 1692-1701 to the plan of Józef Szymon Bellotti. The church's basic structure had been largely completed by the end of the 17th century, but the present façade was not begun till 1761. It was erected by Karol Stanisław Radziwiłł, who commissioned the Hungarian architect Efraim Szreger to draw up a plan for a comprehensive new façade. This impressive façade was built in a style typical for the reign of King Stanisław August Poniatowski, with dominant columns supporting the cornice. In 1864, after the January Uprising was brutally crushed by Russians, the monastery was liquidated by the tsarist regime as a stronghold of Polish patriotism. The buildings have been since adapted for the Warsaw Archdiocesan Seminary and the former Carmelite church serves as the seminary church. During World War II the church was saved from deliberate destruction by the retreating German forces and was only slightly damaged. It served as a procathedral until the reconstruction of St. John's Cathedral. The Carmelite Church was the site of Fryderyk Chopin's first employment. He was invited to give a recital on the church's organ. (source: Wikipedia)
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Location: Krakowskie Przedmieście 52/54, Warsaw, Poland.
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