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Corpus Christi Church, Nesvizh

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Address
  
Niasviž, Belarus

Architect
  
Giovanni Maria Bernardoni

Phone
  
+375 1770 23-408

Corpus Christi Church, Nesvizh

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The Corpus Christi Church in Nesvizh, Belarus is an early Jesuit church and one of the oldest baroque structures outside Italy, influencing the later architecture of Belarus, Poland and Lithuania. Commissioned by Polish nobleman Mikołaj Krzysztof "the Orphan" Radziwiłł and constructed in 1587-1593 by Gian Maria Bernardoni, it contains graves of members of the powerful house of Radziwiłł.

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Corpus Christi Church, Nesvizh Wikipedia