Collegium Gostomianum is a
secondary school
A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' secondary education, lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) ...
in
Sandomierz
Sandomierz (pronounced: ; la, Sandomiria) is a historic town in south-eastern Poland with 23,863 inhabitants (as of 2017), situated on the Vistula River in the Sandomierz Basin. It has been part of Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship (Holy Cross Provi ...
,
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...
. Founded in 1602, it is one of the oldest schools in Poland.
History
The building was established in 1602 by Hieronim Gostomski, voivode of Poznań for the
Jesuits
The Society of Jesus ( la, Societas Iesu; abbreviation: SJ), also known as the Jesuits (; la, Iesuitæ), is a religious order (Catholic), religious order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men in the Catholic Church headquartered in Rom ...
.
The construction started in 1604 according to design by a Jesuit Michał Hintz and was completed in 1615.
At that time two wings were built at the edge of Vistula river and surrounding
romanesque St. Peter's Parish Church. The eastern wing was intended to house Jesuit ''
Collegium
A (plural ), or college, was any association in ancient Rome that acted as a legal entity. Following the passage of the ''Lex Julia'' during the reign of Julius Caesar as Consul and Dictator of the Roman Republic (49–44 BC), and their reaff ...
'', named after the founder ''Gostomianum'', and the southern wing housed a
monastery
A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits). A monastery generally includes a place reserved for prayer which ...
.
See also
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List of mannerist structures in Southern Poland
The mannerist architecture and sculpture in Poland includes two major traditions, Polish/Italian and Dutch/Flemish, that dominated in northern Poland. The Silesian architecture#Renaissance and Mannerism (early 16th – 17th century), Silesian mann ...
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List of Jesuit sites
This list includes past and present buildings, facilities and institutions associated with the Society of Jesus. In each country, sites are listed in chronological order of start of Jesuit association.
Nearly all these sites have bee ...
References
External links
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ww.lo1.sandomierz.pl/ Official website
1602 establishments in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Schools in Poland
Sandomierz
Buildings and structures completed in 1615
Buildings and structures in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship
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