Nowy Wiśnicz ( yi, ווישניצא Vishnitsa) is a small town in

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, with 2,728 inhabitants (2019). Located south of

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, Nowy Wiśnicz is renowned for its Italianate fortified castle which dominates the skyline.

Former structures

The

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Church in Nowy Wiśnicz was established by Stanisław Lubomirski,

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to commemorate the victory over the Turks in the

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. It was constructed according to design by Matteo Trapola between 1631 and 1635. The interior was embellished with profuse early

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decorations by Giovanni Battista Falconi,

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es by Mathäus Ingermann of

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, 8

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with oil paintings by Ingermann and probably by

José de Ribera Jusepe de Ribera (1591 – 1652) was a painter and printmaker, who along with Francisco de Zurbarán, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, and the singular Diego Velázquez, are regarded as the major artists of Spanish Baroque painting. Referring ...

(the founder was a passionate collector of European art). Between 1942 and 1944 the interior was devastated by the Germans and eventually the church had been demolished.

References

External links

* http://nowywisnicz.pl Official town webpage]
Jewish Community in Nowy Wiśnicz
on Virtual Shtetl Cities and towns in Lesser Poland Voivodeship Bochnia County Kraków Voivodeship (14th century – 1795) Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria Kraków Voivodeship (1919–1939) {{Bochnia-geo-stub

Former structures

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