Church of St. Lawrence in Gorysławice

This church looks quite unusual. There is a square chapel with a fanciful dome with a lantern on the west side of the typical Gothic body of the church.

The very location of the chapel - in the axis of the temple, and not on the sides of the nave as usual - is unprecedented and makes the church attract the attention of passers-by and wanderers. The first temple in this place was erected in 1430, but a hundred years later the local parish priest decided to build a new one, which we can admire to this day.

The chapel is an even later work - it was established in 1676. If you look around carefully inside the church, you will surely find many interesting decorations and furnishings. Look up. Between the nave and the chancel, you will notice an interesting 16th-century rainbow beam.

Interestingly, there are figures representing 2 different styles in architecture. Here is a Baroque representation of the Passion of Christ, the late Gothic figures of St. John and Our Lady of Sorrows. Also pay attention to the main altar with the images of saints - St. Stephen and the patron saint of the temple, St. Lawrence or the late Gothic sculpture of the Mother of God with Child.