Holy Spirit Church

Toruń, Poland

Holy Spirit Church was was built in late Baroque style in the mid-18th century by the Protestants, who were dispossessed of St. Mary’s Church as a result of the Tumult of Toruń in 1724. The slender church tower was added in the end of the 19th century. Today the church is a university church affiliated with Nicolaus Copernicus University. The most finest details in the church are the mid-18th century Rococo high altar and the beautiful door with intarsia on the axes of the aisles near the presbytery, depicting Christ’s death and resurrection.

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Różana 2, Toruń, Poland
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Founded: c. 1750
Category: Religious sites in Poland

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www.visittorun.pl

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Linen on the Hedgerow (2 years ago)
Great for confession in English if you need it. Excellent
Paweł (3 years ago)
The Church of the Holy Spirit is late Baroque church located at main Old Market Squate. It was erected in the mid-18th c. as a Lutheran church.
Michael (3 years ago)
Church of Holy Ghost in Torun
brian mobile (3 years ago)
love it
Robert Cooke (4 years ago)
Old church which you are allowed go into as they had traditional masses there
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