St. Anne's Church, Warsaw

Anny) is a Roman Catholic church in the historic center of Warsaw, Poland, adjacent to the Castle Square, at Krakowskie Przedmieście 68.

The St. Anne's Church was reconstructed several times in 1603, 1634, 1636 and in 1667 (it was heavily damaged during the siege of Warsaw and plundered by Swedish and German troops in the 1650s).

[4] The walls and semicircular vault ceilings of the church, divided into bays, were decorated at that time with profuse paintings in perspective, using illusionary techniques and depicting scenes in the life of Saint Anne.

[3] The present façade was built in 1788 in a Neoclassical style typical of the reign of King Stanisław August Poniatowski, by Chrystian Piotr Aigner.

Sculptors of that time were Jakub Monaldi and Franciszek Pinck, who carved statues of the Four Evangelists which decorate the façade.

A patriotic demonstration in front of St. Anne's, February 27, 1861, which ended in much bloodshed.