The Lublin Renaissance was an architectural style developed in the

Lublin Lublin is the ninth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest city of historical Lesser Poland. It is the capital and the center of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 336,339 (December 2021). Lublin is the largest Polish city east of t ...

region of

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at the end of the 16th century.

History

The

region has a fine architectural heritage. It was at the end of the 16th century that the first fully developed forms of

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were imported into the

region. The beginning of the next century saw an enormous increase in the number of fine religious buildings developed as a result of the great wealth created by the Lublin region being one of the most important

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s of

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. The majority of churches were erected by architects of

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origin who in this way created a local style known as the ''Lublin Renaissance''. Churches built in this style are aisleless with a bigger presbytery than is usual, which ends in a semicircle, as well as having a barrel

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. Their distinctive features are richly ornamented

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s and

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decoration of the interior. The Lublin Renaissance is best represented by the churches in

Końskowola Końskowola is a village in southeastern Poland (historic Lesser Poland region), located between Puławy and Lublin, near Kurów on the Kurówka River. It is the seat of a separate commune (''gmina'') within Puławy County in Lublin Voivodeship, ...

and

Kazimierz Dolny Kazimierz Dolny () is a small historic town in eastern Poland, on the right (eastern) bank of the Vistula river in Puławy County, Lublin Voivodeship. Historically it belongs to Lesser Poland, and in the past it was one of the most important citie ...

. Visitors will also be entranced by the rich

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of the Renaissance house fronts, especially the high

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s of the houses in a number of the region's towns and villages. The best examples of these are the ''Przybyłów'' and ''Celejowska'' houses also in

Gallery

Image:Lublin Kalinowszczyzna kosciol sw Agnieszki 05.jpg, St Agnes Church in

. Image:Lublin Dominikanie.jpg, Basilica of the Dominican Friars in

Lublin Old Town Lublin Old Town is one of the most significant Polish complexes of historic buildings. The Crown Tribunal and the 14th-century Kraków Gate leading from the Old Town to the city center are commonly considered symbols of the city. The district is ...

. Image:Lublin Crown Tribunal.jpg,

Crown Tribunal The Crown Tribunal ( pl, Trybunał Główny Koronny, la, Iudicium Ordinarium Generale Tribunalis Regni) was the highest appellate court in the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland for most cases. Exceptions were if a noble landowner was threatened with ...

. Image:Kazimierz Dolny (kamienica pod sw Mikolajem i Krzysztofem) 01.jpg, Tenement houses in

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Renaissance The Renaissance ( , ) , from , with the same meanings. is a period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and covering the 15th and 16th centuries, characterized by an effort to revive and surpass ideas ...