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The Crypt in the Church “On the Rock”

Jan Długosz, the great Polish historian of the Middle Ages, was buried in the crypt
beneath the Church “On the Rock” in 1480. In 1876 it was decided to transform the
crypt into a national pantheon for the burial of those who had made important
contributions to Polish culture. The architect Teofil Żebrawski remodelled the crypt,
transforming it into a gallery with a separate chapel housing the altar. Recesses were
designed to house the sarcophagi. The stained-glass window above the altar depicts
the Madonna of Częstochowa, the Queen of Poland. Coats of arms of provinces of
the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth were painted on the vault.

Sarcophagus of Adam Asnyk
(1838–97)
This foremost Polish poet of
19th-century Positivism rests in Altar
a sarcophagus made by Karol
Knaus and Jan Tombiński.

Sarcophagus of Karol
Szymanowski

Sarcophagus of Henryk Sarcophagus
Siemiradzki of Jacek Malczewski

Sarcophagus
of Wincenty Pol
Sarcophagus
of Tadeusz
Banachiewicz
Sarcophagus of Teofil
Sarcophagus Lenartowicz
of Czesław
Miłosz

Sarcophagus
of Józef I.
Kraszewski
Sarcophagus of
Entrance Jan Długosz

Sarcophagus of Ludwik Solski

Sarcophagus of Lucjan Stanisław Wyspiański
Siemieński (1807–77) (1869–1907)
The sarcophagus of this popular The monumental
writer and critic was designed sarcophagus of
by Karol Knaus. The portrait Wyspiański was designed
medallion is by Jan Tombiński. by Jan Rzymkowski.