Church of St. Benedict in Modliborzyce

Modliborzyce 97, 27-552 Bałtów, Modliborzyce
50°46'38"N 21°18'03"E (50.777233, 21.3009)

The village of Modliborzyce belonged to the Benedictine Monastery on the Holy Cross at least from the 14th century. The original temple survived until the mid-15th century, when it was no longer suitable for religious activities.

In 1444, a new brick church. st. Benedykt was built by Master Bartłomiej from Opatów. The parish church of st. Benedict, destroyed during World War II, was rebuilt in 1949-1955. The solemn consecration of the rebuilt temple took place in 1960.

The church is an oriented, gothic building with eclectic transformations. In the north porch there is a gothic, stone, pointed portal. From the outside, in the eastern wall of the presbytery, in the pointed recess, there is a sculpture of the Sorrowful Christ.

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