page_title: Giovanni Maria Bernardoni
section_title: Krakow
hierarchical_section_title: Giovanni Maria Bernardoni / Lithuania and Poland / Krakow
caption_attribution_description: Ss. Peter and Paul church, Kraków, Poland
context_page_description: Giovanni Maria Bernardoni was a Jesuit and an Italian architect who was the first to design the Baroque style in Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
context_section_description: Upon completion of his works in Nesvizh, in 1599 Bernardoni goes to Krakow for the construction of the Church of Sts. Peter and Paul as well as completing the Monastery of St. Bernard in Kalwaria Zebrzydowska and St. Casimir in Vilnius.
  In 1605, when the Church of Sts. Peter and Paul had only the dome left to build, the walls cracked to which Bernardoni orders the foundation to be dug so the walls could be strengthened; this was not his fault - the foundation was laid down by a different architect. Bernardoni managed to fix his predecessor's mistake and the dome was quickly erected where it remains till this day. He never saw the completion of his last work as he died that same year, in 1605.
caption: Church of Sts. Peter and Paul Church in Krakow
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