Nowy Wiśnicz ( yi, ווישניצא Vishnitsa) is a small town in
Bochnia County
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Bochnia County ( pl, powiat bocheński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government ...
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Lesser Poland Voivodeship,
Poland
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, with 2,728 inhabitants (2019). Located south of
Bochnia
Bochnia (german: Salzberg) is a town on the river Raba in southern Poland. The town lies approximately halfway between Tarnów (east) and the regional capital Kraków (west). Bochnia is most noted for its salt mine, the oldest functioning i ...
, Nowy Wiśnicz is renowned for its Italianate fortified castle which dominates the skyline.
Former structures
The
Carmelite Church in Nowy Wiśnicz was established by
Stanisław Lubomirski,
voivode of Kraków
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to commemorate the victory over the Turks in the
Battle of Khotyn (1621).
It was constructed according to design by Matteo Trapola between 1631 and 1635.
The interior was embellished with profuse early
baroque stucco decorations by Giovanni Battista Falconi,
frescoes by Mathäus Ingermann of
Rome
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, established_date = 753 BC
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marble
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altars
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with oil paintings by Ingermann and probably by
José de Ribera (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.
See also
*
Eugeniusz Molski, a well-known sculptor from Nowy Wiśnicz
References
External links
* http://nowywisnicz.pl Official town webpage]
Jewish Community in Nowy Wiśniczon 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)
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