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The St. Nicolaus Cathedral

The temple was built in 13th cent thanks to money from the local duke Boleslaus the Pious and the presbitery still has gothic form (with a star-style vaulting); the side-aisles are late-gothic, but the main aisle in already renessaince - which is the result of the reconstruction in 16th and 17th centuries. Up to 1973 church posessed a picture by Rubens "Taking down from the cross"; unfortunately the masterpiece has disappeared after the fire in the church (now you can admire only a copy). In the interiors you can find a wonderful picture presenting the old Kalisz, epithanies and the geatest treasure of the temple : baptistry from XIIIth cent. In so called Polish Chapel (called as well the Chapel of Our Lady of Consolation) – interesting polichromies and stainded-glass windows according to the project by polish writer and artist Wladislaus Tetmajer from 1907. Next to the church - a parish house, which in 14the and 15th centuries played the role of canonry from roman Lateran.

The Franciscan Church and Monastery

Erected thanks to the fundation of Duke Boleslaus the Pious. There're still few remnants from the original construction : 13th-century presbitery and 100 years younger aisles, later on rebuilt after fires in 16th cent. In the main altar you can find a late-baroque picture by Franciszek Smuglewicz "The resurrection of peasant Peter". The neighbouring monastery was built in 17th cent on the fundaments of a previous one. In its wall you can still find parts of ancient gothic city wall. The church can be visited in the hours between eucharists. Entrance is free. The monastery - due to enclosure - is closed for visitors.

The Church of St. Josep

The Church of St. Joseph is the building from the first half of XIIIth cent. Originally it as built of wood, in 1353 reerected using bricks and foundated by the Gniezno bishop Jaroslaw Skotnicki. There are some remnants from the original construction : the presbitery with star vaulting, but the most precious part of the temple is the treasury, with e.g. patene from XIIth cent, cup from 1363 (a gift of the king Casimir the Great). The temple owns as well - modernly equppied - undergroud chapel, which is the main polish place of commemorations of all priests and monks died in Nazi concentration camp in Dachau.

The Museum of the Kalisz Grounds

The Museum of the Kalisz Grounds with archeological, ethnografical and historical departments as well as with a interesting numiznatic collection. The most precious exhibit is the sandstone grave plaque, found in the Zawodzie-reservation (look above), treated as the grave of Duke Mesko III the Old (died in 1202) from the collegiate church of St. Paul. The Museum owns as well the copy of the patane, foundation by the Duke for the Cistersian Monastery in Lad

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