Lieu sacré · first half of the 18th century; museum since 1980
Former Uniate Church of St Nicholas
A Baroque church of the former Uniate seminary from the first half of the 18th century, home to the Department of Chełm Land Art since 1980.
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The former Uniate Church of St Nicholas was built in the first half of the 18th century for the Uniate theological seminary in Chełm. It is a Baroque church with a single nave. After the Uniate seminary closed in 1875, it served the Orthodox seminary and later became a Catholic chapel.
The museum took over the building in 1980. It now houses the Department of Chełm Land Art. During renovation in 2022-2023, five previously unknown recesses were found in two walls. They included a former passage to the neighbouring seminary and an entrance to a wooden sacristy that no longer exists.
In June 2022, a time capsule was discovered in a blocked passage. It had been placed there during renovation in the mid-1970s and contained parts of the main altar and a wooden crucifix from the 1920s.
Question 1 sur 2
In which year did the museum take over the former Church of St Nicholas?
- Emplacement
- Św. Mikołaja 4 · Former St Nicholas chapel
- Auteur ou origine
- Muzeum Ziemi Chełmskiej im. Wiktora Ambroziewicza w Chełmie
- Numéro d’inventaire
- PKT-MZCH-07
- Baroque
- Uniates
- Eastern Catholic church
- sacred architecture
- monument