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The Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Monastery of Discalced Carmelites

The Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Monastery of Discalced Carmelites
Address: ul. Staszica 16a
Place: Lublin
Post code: 20-081
Telephone: 81 534 99 11

The construction of the Monastery of Discalced Carmelites, along with the Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, commenced in 1646, but it was soon terminated. The church was finally completed in 1721 according to the design of G. Spazzio and F.A. Mayer, court architects of Elżbieta Sieniawska. This is The construction of the Monastery of Discalced Carmelites, along with the Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, commenced in 1646, but it was soon terminated. The church was finally completed in 1721 according to the design of G. Spazzio and F.A. Mayer, court architects of Elżbieta Sieniawska. This is a non-oriented church, constructed on a Greek-cross plan. It features a facade without a tower, with vertical and horizontal sections and side pinnacles characteristic of the Lublin Renaissance. Among its furnishings it is worth paying attention to the main Baroque altar and side altars of St. Joseph and St. Vincent, erected in 1720 by the Warsaw sculptor Bernatowicz. An interesting church interior elements are two 18th-century pulpits and 17th-century cordovans from Flanders hanging on the walls. In 1807, the Carmelite nuns from the monastery at the church of St. Joseph were moved into the new building. After renovation of the monastery in 1826, the Sisters of Charity were brought to the Carmelite buildings. They adapted the monastery to a hospital and established a shelter for orphans. After dissolution of the order in 1864, six sisters remained in the monastery. The Sisters of Charity worked in the hospital even after World War II. Today, they live in a part of the former monastery, which still houses a clinical hospital. a non-oriented church, constructed on a Greek-cross plan. It features a facade without a tower, with vertical and horizontal sections and side pinnacles characteristic of the Lublin Renaissance. Among its furnishings it is worth paying attention to the main Baroque altar and side altars of St. Joseph and St. Vincent, erected in 1720 by the Warsaw sculptor Bernatowicz. An interesting church interior elements are two 18th-century pulpits and 17th-century cordovans from Flanders hanging on the walls. In 1807, the Carmelite nuns from the monastery at the church of St. Joseph were moved into the new building. After renovation of the monastery in 1826, the Sisters of Charity were brought to the Carmelite buildings. They adapted the monastery to a hospital and established a shelter for orphans. After dissolution of the order in 1864, six sisters remained in the monastery. The Sisters of Charity worked in the hospital even after World War II. Today, they live in a part of the former monastery, which still houses a clinical hospital.

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