St. Anthony's Church, Ostrołęka

St. Anthony of Padua Church ( pl, kościół pw. św. Antoniego Padewskiego) is a Roman Catholic place of worship located in

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, Poland. Built between 1666 and 1696, it was once the central part of a large

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convent. It was one of crucial points of Polish defence during the battle of Ostrołęka in 1831. Secularised in the aftermath of the

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in 1864, it was taken over by the tsarist authorities of

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and a school was moved to the former convent. It was returned to a local Catholic parish in 1927. In 1989 the building was heavily damaged by fire, but it was since restored. Buildings and structures in Ostrołęka 17th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Poland Roman Catholic churches completed in 1696 1696 establishments in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth {{Poland-church-stub