Neo-Gothic Salesian church of St. Józefa is one of the most characteristic buildings of Przemyśl in Przemyśl. Its soaring silhouette dominates the left-bank part of the city and evokes a right association with the higher tower of the St. Mary's Church.
Inside you can see, among others gilded oak high altar funded by Bishop Anatol Nowak and works of Przemyśl artists: two paintings of the painter Marian Stroński and side altars of the sculptor Kazimierz Koczapski. The floor decorated with a swastika motif is noteworthy, which during the church was known as an ancient symbol of prosperity and only in later years acquired a sinister tone. In the temple rests bl. Fr.. August Czartoryski.
The construction of the church began in 1913, according to the design of the Italian architect Mario Ceradini. The work was interrupted by the outbreak of World War I. The temple was completed only in 1923, and four years later consecrated. The first priest of the parish was Father Antoni Hlond, the creator of the Salesian Organist School, whose traditions are continued by the International Salesian Summer Festival of Przemyśl organized since 2000.
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