All Saints' Church in

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, Poland, is a historic

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church. The church located south of

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and is part of the

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of that city. On July 11, 2011 the site was enlisted on the List of Historic Monuments of

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. The church was raised in 1437, by Łukasz I Górka of the

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, then part of the

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. In the sixteenth century, the site was temporarily transformed into a

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place of worship by Łukasz III Górka.

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Buildings and structures completed in 1437 Churches completed in the 1430s 15th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Poland