St. Joseph's Church

Lublin, Poland

St. Joseph's Church is a 17th-century Roman Catholic church in Lublin. The building's construction was founded by Katarzyna from Kretków Sanguszkowa. Her portrait is displayed inside the church. The church was built between 1635 and 1644. The building has the Lublin Renaissance architectural style. The building's façade has two figures, St. Teresa of Ávila's and St. John of the Cross. The church has a nave with a chancel. The church, together with the abbey, was raised by the Carmelites.

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Founded: 1635-1644
Category: Religious sites in Poland

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Rafał L. (9 months ago)
A beautiful place where you can definitely feel the souls of the Renaissance. The interior is beautiful. I recommend.
Sebastian Limek (11 months ago)
One of the most beautiful examples of the Lublin Renaissance, characterized by e.g. very decorative and distinctive attics, delicate, sandy-white colors, massive buttresses and an interior with stucco-covered vaults. In this church it is all there, and at the same time in the most outstanding form of it.
Sergio Fernández Bueno (12 months ago)
Single-nave church with side chapels with paintings and adorned by columns with gilded capitals and gilded statues
Krzysztof Moś (15 months ago)
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Gra Zia (2 years ago)
The history of the church is connected with the fate of the Discalced Carmelites and Carmelites. The Carmelite nuns were brought to Lublin in 1624. In 1632, a square with the unfinished manor house of Rafał Leszczyński was purchased. The manor became part of the monastery buildings of the nuns. In 1636 the construction of the church began and the consecration took place in 1644. The present church was erected in the style of the Lublin Renaissance. It is a small, single-nave building with three floors. The beautiful body of the temple attracts attention with its characteristic Renaissance front gable, on which you can see figures of saints. Inside, there are barrel vaults with lunettes, decorated with rich stucco. By the choir there are two paintings dating back to the eighteenth century, depicting scenes of the piercing of the heart of St. Teresa and the scourging of Christ. The main altar, and the other four, are made in the Baroque style. To the left of the entrance there is a belfry whose roof is covered with an attic made in the early 20th century.
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