The story
A late-Baroque church founded by Józef z Tenczyna Ossoliński, voivode of Volhynia and owner of Rymanów, built 1779–1781 under Antoni Stroiński with craftsmen drawn from Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia. Ossoliński died in 1780, before completion; the church was consecrated to St Lawrence in 1788 and he lies in a sarcophagus in the crypt. It is a single nave on a Latin cross with two polygonal side chapels, a three-storey tower with a three-part cupola, and a façade articulated with Ionic pilasters. Its history is a catalogue of misfortune: gutted by fire in 1839 and rebuilt by 1841, tower raised in 1878, storm damage in 1921, and in September 1944 shelling that burned the roof and tower and partly collapsed the vault. The belfry burned again in September 2004. On the monument register since 1948. Note that it was NOT built by the Potocki family, who only acquired Rymanów in the 1870s.
Everything that was here
- 1781–present · still open
Parish Church of St Lawrence (Kościół św. Wawrzyńca)Church
Its founder died before it was finished, and he is still inside it, in a sarcophagus under the floor.
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Connected places
Malka's Jewish House (Żydowski dom Malki)
Cerkva of the Dormition / Church of the Sacred Heart, Wróblik Szlachecki
Cerkva of the Protection of the Mother of God, Komańcza (reconstruction)
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Nearby history
Kino Sokół and Regional Historical Chamber (Kino "Sokół" / Regionalna Izba Historyczna)
Rymanów Market Square (Rynek w Rymanowie)
Malka's Jewish House (Żydowski dom Malki)
House of Dr Ignacy Bielecki (Dom dr Ignacego Bieleckiego)
The Old Synagogue of Rymanów (Synagoga w Rymanowie)
Potocki Manor House (Dwór Potockich)
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