Church of St. Nicholas in Końskie

Today, the church made of stone blocks towers over Kościuszko Square, commonly referred to as a square by the townspeople. The austere appearance of the church testifies to its long history. The first church in this place was founded by Iwo Odrowąż.

However, the present shape of the church was shaped by a later history. Its late gothic part, i.e. the eastern part of the nave with the part intended for priests (presbytery), comes from the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries. The western part of the nave, the tower with a clock and three bells, and the soaring, high gables of the roofs refer to the style of the original shape of the church. These are neo-Gothic elements that were created much later, at the beginning of the 20th century.

The fact that the church has been rebuilt many times does not mean that lovers of Romanesque architecture will find nothing interesting here. On the contrary! The southern entrance of the church is decorated with a tympanum (semicircular field above the door). Medieval artists turned the sandstone into a work of art, richly decorating it with the image of a cross, plants, and (probably) the sun and moon. And if the tympanum alone is not enough - art history fans in the southwestern part of the church can find a small but equally intricately decorated tile - a preserved fragment of the original church.