Corpus Christi Church
Corpus Christi Church was founded by Kasimirus III The Great about
1340. The front elevation has a gothic gable while decoration of the
interior is Baroque with a marvelous very high altar (17th century),
massive, beautyfull stalls in the chancel (17th century) and an
18th century boat-shaped pulpit. In the early 17th century, Canons
Regular of Saint Augustine added the 70m tall tower with
manneristic copula, three church porches on the northen, southern and
western sides, topped by copulas with lanterns, the mentioned canon's
stall and the main altar.
The top of the gorgeous western facade, finished in 1477, is topped
by pinnacles and ornamented by reliefs of Christ, Saint Mary, Saint
John and the two emblems of Poland and Lithuania.
Photo 559, May 2007