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Best Religious Sites in Warsaw "Best Religious Sites in Warsaw" Created by: Cityseeker 5 Locations Bookmarked St Alexander's Church "Polish Pantheon" This church (modeled on the Pantheon in Rome) was designed and built between 1818-1825. Named after St Alexander to commemorate the coronation of the Russian Tsar Alexander I as King of Poland, it was renovated and enlarged several times over the course of the 19th century, only to be almost completely destroyed during the Warsaw Uprising. After by Dennis Jarvis the war, it was rebuilt in its original, neo-classical form. +48 22 9431 (Tourist Information) Plac Trzech Krzyzy, Warsaw Holy Cross Church "The Two-tower Facade" The imposing twin towered Baroque- Holy Cross Church was severely damaged during the Warsaw Uprising when two weeks of fighting took place in the church itself. The church was seriously damaged but some Baroque altarpieces still remain. It is particularly close to Polish hearts, as there is an epitaph on the left-hand side of the nave dedicated to by Guillaume Baviere Frederick Chopin and marking the spot where, according to his wishes, his heart was buried. +48 22 826 8910 swkrzyz.pl/ [email protected] Krakowskie Przedmiescie 3, Warsaw Synagoga im. Nożyków (Nozyk Synagogue) "The City's Only Synagogue in Service" This synagogue was founded by Zelman and Ryfka Nozyk in 1893 and it is the only operating synagogue in Warsaw (it is almost the only synagogue in the whole of the city that survived World War II). Today, few of the original surrounding buildings survived. Inside, you will see the interior of by Yaffa Phillips a moderately wealthy synagogue from turn-of-the-century Warsaw, with the cabinet containing the Torah scrolls and the bema (equivalent of a pulpit) in the nave. The upper galleries are set aside for women. +48 502400849 www.warsawtour.pl/zabyt [email protected] Twarda 6, Warsaw ki-i-inne-atrakcje/synagoga- no-yk-w-3331.html Carmelite Church "Designed by Tylman van Gameren" Along with St Anne's, this church also escaped severe damage during WWII. It has the earliest example of a classical facade in Poland, although the interior is in the Baroque style. The interior contains an 18th century high alter designed by the famous architect of Dutch descent, Tylman van Gameren. by Vindur +48 22 9431 (Tourist Information number) Krakowskie Przedmiescie, Warsaw St. John's Archcathedral "The Oldest Church in Warsaw" In Warsaw's Old Town, St.John's Archcathedral is one of the oldest churches in the city. Built in the Gothic Revival style, the architecture of the church is impressive with red bricks and ascending columns on the top. Spectacular from its exteriors, the cathedral also houses other magnificent chapels which are just as remarkable. The marble-made by Jorge Láscar mausoleums and crypts downstairs hold the last resting places of some notable figures from history like the last ruling Polish Monarch King Stanislau August Poniatowski and Nobel Prize Laureate Henryk Sienkiewicz, to name a few. Added to the list of cultural significance by UNESCO, the cathedral is the mother church of Archdiocese of Warsaw. +48 22 831 0289 www.katedra.mkw.pl/ Ulica Kanonia 6, Warsaw JOIN US AT: cityseeker.com TERMS & CONDITIONS | PRIVACY POLICY | API | CONTACT US | Copyright (C) 2020 CITYSEEKER Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org).
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