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decoration and furnishings — with huge sculptures by Xawery
Dunikowski, altar sculptures by Karol Hukan, and Jan Bu-
kowski’s murals — are among the best examples of modern sacred
art in Poland.
Another religious building in Wesola is the Church of the
Immaculate Conception with the monastery of Discalced Car-
melites, later converted into the St Lazarus Hospital. The church
was built from 1634 to 1680 and conforms to the architectural
precepts of the rule; a short two-bay corpus comprising the nave
and chapels, with the choir separated from the rest of the church.
The architectural detail of the facade and the interior uses some
rather provincial forms. The finest of the furnishings is the high
altar in black marble.
Copernicus Street has one more church, dedicated to St The-
resa, with a monastery of the extremely rigorous rule of Discalced
Carmelite Sisters. The church was built from 1720 to 1732 on
a Greek Cross plan, with a fapade in the form of a colossal order
aedicule and with dynamically shaped Late Baroque detailing. It is
attributed to Kasper Bazanka, but the provincial level of execution
tells us that the outstanding architect had no hand in its con-
struction after he delivered the design.
The establishment of the St Lazarus Hospital in Wesola in
1788 gave rise to a complex of university clinics, whose buildings
dominate among the structures flanking Copernicus Street. By the
end of the street is another university institution, the astronomical
observatory, built from 1784 to 1788 to a design by Stanislaw
Zawadzki and Feliks Radwanski. Behind the observatory stretches
the botanical garden, which also harks to the times of the reform
of the university instigated by Hugo Koll^taj. In the hothouses
and out-of-doors grow all species of flora found in Poland as well
as many rare exotic plants. The garden is also a beautiful, quiet
181. Interior of the Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary
(or St Lazarus)
343
Dunikowski, altar sculptures by Karol Hukan, and Jan Bu-
kowski’s murals — are among the best examples of modern sacred
art in Poland.
Another religious building in Wesola is the Church of the
Immaculate Conception with the monastery of Discalced Car-
melites, later converted into the St Lazarus Hospital. The church
was built from 1634 to 1680 and conforms to the architectural
precepts of the rule; a short two-bay corpus comprising the nave
and chapels, with the choir separated from the rest of the church.
The architectural detail of the facade and the interior uses some
rather provincial forms. The finest of the furnishings is the high
altar in black marble.
Copernicus Street has one more church, dedicated to St The-
resa, with a monastery of the extremely rigorous rule of Discalced
Carmelite Sisters. The church was built from 1720 to 1732 on
a Greek Cross plan, with a fapade in the form of a colossal order
aedicule and with dynamically shaped Late Baroque detailing. It is
attributed to Kasper Bazanka, but the provincial level of execution
tells us that the outstanding architect had no hand in its con-
struction after he delivered the design.
The establishment of the St Lazarus Hospital in Wesola in
1788 gave rise to a complex of university clinics, whose buildings
dominate among the structures flanking Copernicus Street. By the
end of the street is another university institution, the astronomical
observatory, built from 1784 to 1788 to a design by Stanislaw
Zawadzki and Feliks Radwanski. Behind the observatory stretches
the botanical garden, which also harks to the times of the reform
of the university instigated by Hugo Koll^taj. In the hothouses
and out-of-doors grow all species of flora found in Poland as well
as many rare exotic plants. The garden is also a beautiful, quiet
181. Interior of the Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary
(or St Lazarus)
343