St. Sigmund Photo: Church Of St. Sigmund

St. Sigmund Catholic parish Church located in the Polish town of Szydłowiec near the Market square. The first Church on this site was built in 1401 made of wood and was dedicated to king Sigismund I.

At the end of the fifteenth century by order of the nobles of the official Yakub Shidlovsky began construction of a brick parish Church, which continued until 1525 and was sponsored by his brother Yakub Shidlovsky – Nicholas. The Church is built of local Sandstone in Gothic style. The interior is executed in the Renaissance style. To the square nave from the South adjoins the chapel of the blessed virgin Mary, and to the North is the chapel of St. Stanislaus. Valuable piece of architectural art is a portal leading to the sacristy. In one of the walls of the altar is the tomb of Nicholas Shidlovsky red marble. The walls and ceiling are decorated with paintings by Stanislav Samodzielnie. The altar is a beautiful late Gothic polyptych, made of Cracow masters in 1509. In the interior of the Church is preserved an interesting drawings made at the turn of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, depicting the secular and ecclesiastical buildings, as well as the names and memorable dates. The organ was installed in the Church of St. Sigismund in the nineteenth century.

Near the Church to the cemetery you can see the bell tower of the sixteenth century.

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