Church of St. Bartholomew, Kraków-Mogiła

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The church in Kraków-Mogiła dates back to 1466, which makes it one of the oldest surviving churches in Małopolska. Even the name of its creator survives. He was the royal carpenter by the name of Maciej Mączka (as announced by the inscription carved on the southern portal of the church). The slender building has no towers, while the 18th century wooden belfry standing right next to it has a dome-shaped helmet. The church premises are entered through the belfry. In the 18th century, side chapels and a multi-storey sacristy were added to the church, which altered somewhat the simple medieval form of the building. The interior of the church is interesting. It features three naves, which was very rare among the known Gothic wooden churches in Małopolska. Although the furnishings and the polychrome come from the 18th century, the ogival arcades between the naves and the carved portal are from the time when the church was originally built.

The church has a three-nave spatial arrangement and is currently the only surviving wooden church of Gothic provenance in Poland which uses this interior division.

The temple was built in 1466 on the initiative of the abbot of a nearby Cistercian monastery. His signature can be found on the richly decorated south portal of the church, which survives to this day. The slender building is towerless, and the wooden bell tower with a domed cupola standing next to it, through which one enters the church grounds, has a later 18th-century metric. In the 18th century, side chapels and a two-storey sacristy were added to the church, slightly changing its simple medieval layout. The interior is decorated with 18th-century furnishings and polychromes. The church also contains elements from the time when it was built. Among other things, the sharp-arched inter-nave arcade and the carved portal have been preserved. The Rococo painting decoration of the ceilings and walls made around 1766 by an unknown artist depicts, among other things, medallions with portraits of popes, saints, scholars and the bishops of Kraków Iwona Odrowąż, Prandota and Zbigniew Oleśnicki. The most prominent scene shows the Adoration of the Blessed Virgin Mary by Saint Bernard of Clairvaux.

Most of the furnishings in the church date from the second half of the 18th century. The main altar, dating from 1770, contains an image of Saint Bartholomew, and the Baroque and Rococo side altars contain images of Saint Anne Samothrace and Saint Isidore, among others. The wooden pulpit is rococo, and the stone baptistery has Gothic reminiscences dating from the 16th or 17th century.

The church is located on the Wooden Architecture Route.