Collegiate Church Of Transfiguration In Garwolin
The Collegiate Church of the Transfiguration of Jesus is a Catholic church, Catholic church in the Garwolin parish in the town of Garwolin in Poland. It belongs to the Siedlce diocese and is listed as an official monument. The church was built at the turn of the 19th and 20th century in the Baroque Revival architecture, neo-baroque style. It is the largest parish in Garwolin by registered members. History The first mentions of the Garwolin parish trace back to the year 1418. The original idea for an establishment of a parish was given by the then owner of Garwolin - Duke Janusz II - in 1407, but the act of establishment of the parish was lost after the death of pastor Kacper Sadłoch in 1603. The church in its oldest form was a wooden church built in the 15th century, named after the Assumption of Mary, "Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary". The construction of the Baroque Revival architecture, neo-baroque building started in 1890 in place of an older building that was demolishe ...
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