The Church of St. Michael the Archangel is a

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church in

Sandomierz Sandomierz (pronounced: ; , ) is a historic town in south-eastern Poland with 23,863 inhabitants (), situated on the Vistula River near its confluence with the San, in the Sandomierz Basin. It has been part of Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship (Holy ...

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. It was founded in the 17th century and is a registered monument in Poland. The church is directly adjacent to the Higher Theological Seminary of Sandomierz.

History

Michał Link, an architect from

Zamość Zamość (; ; ) is a historical city in southeastern Poland. It is situated in the southern part of Lublin Voivodeship, about from Lublin, from Warsaw. In 2021, the population of Zamość was 62,021. Zamość was founded in 1580 by Jan Zamoyski ...

, designed the church. Construction began in 1686 when

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Jan Małachowski Jan Małachowski (1623-1699) was Bishop of Chełmno (1676-1681), Bishop of Kraków (1681-1699), and Vice-Chancellor to the Crown. Life Małachowski spent his early years serving in the military under Stanisław Rewera Potocki. He was married ...

laid the

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. The construction concluded in 1692. According to historian , other individuals involved with the founding included a local judge from Sandomierz who gave 50,000 złoty for the construction. The original adjacent monastery has housed the Higher Theological Seminary since 1903.

Architecture

The church has

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and one

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.Winiarski, M. (2010). ''Małopolska Droga św. Jakuba. Od Sandomierza do Krakowa. Przewodnik''. Poland: Oficyna Wydawnicza "Rewasz". p. 20. A notable wood carving depicts a genealogy of the

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.Nasiadka, M. (2010). ''Małopolski Przełom Wisły. Od Sandomierza do Kazimierza...''. Poland: Oficyna Wydawnicza Rewasz. p. 33. . The church also features a detached baroque

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References

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History

Architecture

See also

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