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Post-Franciscan the Assumption Church in Drohiczyn



Franciscan Fathers monastery is a set of baroque brick buildings from the turn of XVII and XVIII centuries.

Post-franciscan church is standing in the same place as the temple in which Daniel Romanowicz was crowned. Franciscan fathers came to Drohiczyn before 1400. The first temple with the monastery has beed founded in 1409. The present shape of of the church was created between XVII and XVIII centuries. After the January Rising tsars authorities removed Franciscan fathers from Drohiczyn and after the failed rising the monastery has turned into barracks. Next it has been turned into the junior high school. During the Soviet occupation the temple was used as a rubbish dump. The Franciscan monastery is a set of baroque brick buildings, the church is turned in the west direction and connected with the monastery from the south moreover there is also free-standing bell-tower.

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Kościelna 10 A
17-312 Drohiczyn
State: PODLASKIE
Latitude and Longitude: 52.396861,22.658639