The church that is so small that even the apostols stay outside.

The Church of SS. Peter and Paul – is the most beautiful architectural monument of baroque in Krakow.

Erected during the years 1597 and 1635

The interior contains an excellent stucco decoration from the first half of the seventeenth century, made by an Italian stucco decorator Giovanni Battista Falconi.

The crypt under the chancel contains the tomb of the famous Polish preacher, Piotr Skarga, who died in the year 1612. There is a Foucault’s pendulum located in the church, proving the revolution of the earth around its axis.

In the square outside the church where before a St. Mary Magdalene’s church used to be, a monument of Piotr Skarga is placed on a high column.

A friend and advisor of King Sigmund Vasa the third, the Jesuit was sculptured by Czesław Dzwigaj, the most famous Cracovian artist during the last years.
for the Jesuit order as a foundation of King Zygmunt Vasa the third.