All Saints church in Bobowa, Parish church in Bobowa, Poland
All Saints church in Bobowa is a single-nave building with a three-sided chancel, a north chapel and a square west tower topped by a pyramidal helm roof. Gothic cross-ribbed vaults from the 14th century survive in the chancel, with keystones bearing the Lis, Dębno and an unidentified coat of arms. The west portal is a 15th-century pointed Gothic arch, while the other portals are Baroque from the second half of the 17th century.
The church was built in the late 14th century with its first written mention appearing in 1412. In 1529, the bishop of Krakow gave it special college church status, though it served Lutheran worshippers from 1561 to 1592 before returning to Catholic use.
The church holds a locally venerated image of Our Lady of Sorrows in the chapel's rococo altar, painted by Feliks Hanusz in 1851. The 1966–1967 figural and ornamental polychrome is by Adam Konteczko and Henryk Wójcik. Three bells cast in 1957 at the Mała Panew foundry in Ozimek hang in the tower.
The church is easy to locate thanks to its tall tower visible from various points around town and its central position in Bobowa. Keep in mind that this is an active place of worship, so visiting hours may be connected to service times and religious activities.
High on the side wall of the chancel hangs Jacek Malczewski's early-20th-century painting 'The Crucifixion'. The main altar holds a neo-Gothic All Saints image with a swap-in Crucifixion painted at the start of the 20th century by Jan Warchałowski. The chapel's rococo altar, from the second half of the 18th century, contains a painting of Our Lady of Sorrows by Feliks Hanusz from 1851, venerated locally.
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