All Saints' Church in Dąbrowa Tarnowska

The Church of All Saints in Dąbrowa Tarnowska is a Baroque wooden temple, built in 1771 from the foundation of Kraków canon Kajetan Potocki. It features a three-nave basilica structure with a pair of chapels resembling a transept and a three-sided closed presbytery. It stands on the site of earlier churches, including one mentioned in 1430 and another from the 17th century. The church structure, covered with a gable sheet metal roof, is distinguished by a multi-sided belfry with a lantern. The interior of the temple is decorated with 19th-century figurative and ornamental polychrome, reflecting the traditions of the late Baroque. A flattened chancel arch separates the naves from the presbytery, and its decor is mostly Rococo, with a late Gothic crucifix from the end of the 15th century and a main altar containing an image of the Mother of God with Child in metal robes. The church, one of the largest wooden churches in Poland, has been entered into the register of immovable monuments of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship and lies on the Wooden Architecture Trail of Lesser Poland. Interestingly, the spatial layout of the building brings to mind monumental brick architecture, giving it a unique character among the wooden temples of the region. The architecture and history associated with this church are an important element of local culture, and its impressive form attracts the attention of tourists and lovers of sacred art.