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On the Church-and-Monastery Complex and the Founding of the Sisters of the Visitation in Lublin (1730–1752)
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In 1723, a decision was made in Kraków to erect a new house of the Order of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (the Visitation Sisters), which was established in Lublin. The founders of the convent complex were Dorota Tarło and her husband, Stanisław Chomentowski, as well as Jan Sebastian Szembek and his wife, Ewa Leszczyńska. The first superiors of the Visitation convent in Lublin were sisters of Dorota Tarło. Construction of the church and convent complex took place between 1730 and 1752. The design of the complex, modified by an unknown architect, was based on a French model described in the Coutûmier. Construction of the single-nave church began in 1748. The church was consecrated in 1752 by Józef Eustachy Szembek, Bishop of Chełm. In the nineteenth century, the Visitation convent complex was converted for military purposes, while the church was transformed into an Orthodox church. These transformations resulted in substantial alterations to the building’s architecture and the destruction of its original interior decoration and furnishings. In 1882, the Visitation Sisters left Lublin.
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Visitandines, Lublin, Jan Sebastian Szembek, Ewa Szembek, Stanisław Chomentowski, Dorota Chomentowska, Jan Eustachy Szembek, Jan Tarło, the Tarło familyDetails
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