Warszawa, PL

Church of St. Karol Boromeusz

The Church of St. Karol Boromeusz was built in 1841-49 in the neo-Renaissance style according to the design of Henryk Marconi. It was modelled on the Roman basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, the basilica of St. Paul behind the walls and the interior on the church of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette in Paris. The façade is flanked by two towers and preceded by a three-bay vestibule. On the façade are statues of the apostles Peter and Paul. The façade is crowned by a pediment with a tympanum depicting the patron saint of the church, Carlo Borromi, administering the sacrament of Holy Communion to the inhabitants of Milan during the plague epidemic of 1567.

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