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9Church of the
Sisters of the Sacred
Heart of Jesus
Kościół Sercanek
ul. Garncarska 26. Map 1 B5 (5 B3).
Tel 12 422 57 66. v 15, 18.
Open during services only.
The Convent of the Sisters of the
Sacred Heart of Jesus was built
between 1895 and 1900 to
designs by Władysław Kaczmarski The Emeryk Hutten-Czapski Museum, in the Renaissance Revival style
and Sławomir Odrzywolski. The
architects designed the building Emeryk Hutten-Czapski who artist’s paintings, personal diaries
along Garncarska Street so as moved from the Vilnius area, and photos and uses archival
to close one side of a square bringing with him an exquisite film and interview footage to tell
located here. They adjusted collection of coins, prints and the story of this remarkable man.
the façade of the church and manuscripts. A pavilion, purpose-
the adjoining buildings of the built to house this collection, was
convent to fit the slight bend added in 1896. It was designed wCapuchin Church
in the street. This explains the by Tadeusz Stryjeński and Kościół Kapucynów
irregularity of the plan. Zygmunt Hendel. The inscription
The church is eclectic in decorating the pavilion reads ul. Loretańska 11. Map 1 B4 (5 B2).
style. The exterior walls show Monumentis Patriae naufragio Tel 12 422 48 03. @ 124, 152, 192,
bare brickwork, ornamented ereptis (To the national heritage 502. v 2, 4, 8, 13, 14, 15, 18.
Open 9:30am–4:30pm and 5–7pm
in the Romanesque Revival salvaged from destruction). In daily as well as during services.
style, as well as pseudo- 1903 the Czapskis bequeathed
Renaissance sgraffiti and sgraffiti and sgraffiti the palace and collection to The Capuchin friars arrived in
Neo-Classical sculptures by Jan the city of Krakow. Krakow in 1695. They began
Tombiński. Furnishings display constructing the church and
Neo-Romanesque forms. friary a year later. The work
qThe Józef was supervised at first by
Czapski Pavilion Carlo Ceroni, who was later
Pawilon Józefa Czapskiego succeeded by Martino
Pellegrini. The simple interior
ul. Piłsudskiego 12. Map 1 B5 (5 B3). reflects the strict rule of the
Tel 12 433 58 40. v 2, 8, 13, 18, 20. Order which espouses extreme
Open 10am–6pm Tue–Sat, 10am– poverty. The altars, however,
4pm Sun. & free Sun. 7 =
∑ mnk.pl feature good paintings. They
include The Annunciation by
Set in an elegant cube-shaped Pietro Dandini, St Erasmus and
building in the garden behind St Cajetan, two 18th-century
the Emeryk Hutten-Czapski effigies by Łukasz Orłowski, and
St F
St Francis of Assisi by Szymon rancis of Assisi by Szymon rancis of Assisi
Museum, the Czapski Pavilion St F
Detail from the Church of the Sisters of celebrates the life of Emeryk’s Czechowicz. A wooden crucifix
the Sacred Heart of Jesus grandson Józef (1896–1993). in front of the church indicates
An accomplished painter as well
0Emeryk Hutten- as an outstanding writer and
Czapski Museum patriotic activist, Józef Czapski
was instrumental in uncovering
Muzeum im Emeryka the truth about the nearly
Hutten-Czapskiego 20,000 Polish officers who were
murdered by the Soviet secret
ul. Piłsudskiego 12. Map 1 B5 (5 B3). police at Katyń and other
Tel 12 433 58 40. v 2, 8, 13, 18, 20. locations during World War II.
Open 10am–6pm Tue–Sat, 10am– Czapski himself had narrowly
4pm Sun. & free Sun. ∑ mnk.pl
avoided the massacre. He went
This small palace in the into exile after World War II and
Renaissance Revival style was became an influential member
built in 1884 by the architect of the émigré cultural commu-
Antoni Siedek for Hubert nity built around the Paris-based
Krasiński. A few years later the monthly Kultura. The exhibition The interior of the Loreto Chapel
property was purchased by in the small pavilion displays the by the Capuchin Church