Budowa kościoła pw. Świętego Antoniego w Tomaszowie Mazowieckim
Construction of the church. Saint Anthony in Tomaszów Mazowiecki

Summary/Abstract: It was Count Antoni Ostrowski who initiated the construction of the St. Anthony Church in Tomaszów Mazowiecki. This construction was carried out in 3 stages. The work of the first stage was, alas, stopped by the Russian government after the November uprising. Second stage lasted from 1862 until 1864. The church was built but in another location in the center of the city. It was built according to the project of prof. Henryk Marconi. The church had three naves, two towers without apse nor transept, because only such a project was admitted by the governmental power to realize. Nevertheless the architectural plan has planned its enlargement. The transept, the apse and the presbytery could be built without damaging the beauty of the church; on the contrary, this enlargement would add magnificence to it. Stanisław Ostrowski was the head of the Construction Committee, while the parish priest Ludwik Dąbrowski coordinated all the work. 3rd stage was held in the years 1888-1892. The transept and the presbytery were built with an apse. It is Konstanty Wojciechowski - one of the best architects of churches in the second half of the nineteenth century. who designed the plan for this expansion.

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