St. Anne's Church, Biała Podlaska
St. Anne's Church, in Biała Podlaska, Poland is a Baroque Roman Catholic church. It was originally built in 1572, on the site of an earlier shrine, as a Protestant church dedicated to the Arianism doctrine. The Protestants were expelled in 1596 by Mikołaj Krzysztof "the Orphan" Radziwiłł. Between 1597-1603 it was rebuilt as a Catholic church, being dedicated to Saint Anne in 1603. The church is built in the shape of a Latin cross.
In a Flèche Katarzyna Sobieska, the sister of King of Poland and wife propraetor of Biała Michał Kazimierz Radziwiłł, installed Crescent under a cross in memory Battle of Vienna.
Near to the church there can also be found:
- Wooden vicar house "Wikarówka" of the 18th century with a roof made of shingle
- Bell tower of 1765
- Presbytery of 1750, a wooden building line with bricks in 1803 year.
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