Church of St. Anne, Kraków

The St. Anne's Church in Krakow is a Roman Catholic church and is a significant example of Baroque religious architecture in Poland. The church is located in central Kraków, at the ulica Sw. Anny 11

History

Your first mention found the church in 1381 in the foundation charter of Sulislaus I. Nawoja from Grodziec. In 1407 the church was completely destroyed by fire, but was rebuilt in the same year by the Polish king Władysław II Jagiello in the Gothic style. King Władysław II Jagiello it was he who cared for a close relationship of this church at the Jagiellonian University, by 1418 he founded the auspices of the University of St. Anne 's Parish Church. 1428 was the renovation and expansion of the presbytery. On October 27, 1535 the church was raised to the rank of a collegiate church.

1689, the Gothic church was canceled because they could not cope with the influx of the faithful in the face of the growing veneration of used here Saint John of Krakow. In the years 1689-1703 the baroque building was built in its present form designed by the Dutchman Tylman van Gameren, which the Roman church of Sant'Andrea della Valle was modeled in Rome. At the design of the church Baldassare Fontana acted as creator of sculptural decoration and the brothers Carlo and Innocente Monti, and Karl Dankwart from Nysa with whose works were the frescoes. The image of Saint Anne in the high altar is by Jerzy Siemiginowski - Eleuter, the court painter of King John III. Sobieski. The series of images from the life of St. Anne, which adorns the choir, led from the 18th century Szymon Czechowicz. On the right side of the transept, the altar is the sarcophagus of St. John Cantius.