Hi there my Hivean friends and followers!
Welcome to my Architectural Photography series where I introduce you to interesting buildings that I get to visit on my travels. The past few episodes of the series were dedicated to remarkable pieces of Krakow architecture because this beautiful Polish city has been our temporary home for a couple of months already and my today´s post will show you yet another impressive architectural gem of the city - the renowned St. Bernard´s Church.
First of all, I would like to explain why the photos of this remarkable piece of Baroque architecture are in b&w. The reason is actually very simple - the weather was so bad on the day when I was photographing the church that after several vain photo editing attempts, I decided to put the photos in b&w to give them this somewhat classic monochrome look at least.
Now something about the church itself. Located on the Bernardynska Street in Krakow, facing the famous Wawel Castle, the St. Bernard´s Church was built in the 15th century, originally in the Gothic architectural style. The church also served as a monastery and refugee for those who wanted to follow the teachings of St. Francis of Assisi, a renowned Italian friar, preacher, mystic and the founder of the Franciscan Order.
Later on, during the Swedish Siege of Krakow in the 1650s, the church was completely destroyed and it had to be rebuilt. In the following decades, the church was built again but this time in the Baroque architectural style and it has kept this appearance since then. The church has 3 naves and a massive, beautifully decorated front side dominated by two towers. I haven´t been inside yet but from what I read in some online articles about the church, its interiors are also very impressive. In the past, a cemetery was adjacent to the building but it was demolished in the 19th century. The St. Bernard´s Church is also home to several highly regarded sculptures, statues, paintings and other artsy artifacts.
I hope that you enjoyed this episode of my Architectural Photography series and that you also learned something new from this post. Honestly, I really wish the photos were colorful, taken against the blue sky, but we had mostly bad and cloudy weather in the past few weeks here so it is what it is. However, warm and sunny days are finally expected in the days and weeks to come so hopefully, I will have better light conditions for my future photo shootings of the stunning Krakow architecture :)
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