St. Margaret Church is one of the first brick churches in Poland. The temple, built at the turn of the 12th and 13th centuries, has been rebuilt many times over the centuries and today is an interesting combination of architecture from different periods.
Some elements come from the Romanesque times of construction - the body of the nave made of granite blocks, the chancel with its semicircular apse, or the Romanesque staircase, one of the few in Poland, leading to the gallery where the founders of the church used to go for liturgy.
The chapel of St. Barbara, probably the work of the Italian architect Giovanni Batista di Quadro, the creator of the Poznań City Hall, is the eye-catcher. It contains one of the earliest and most beautiful two-storey wall tombstones in Poland. It was founded by Janusz Kościelecki for himself and his father Jan. The figures of the two voivodes in knightly armour are portrayed lying down, and their family connections are emphasised by the coats of arms on the Renaissance vault.
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