Church of the Transfiguration in Krakow (Pijarska Street)

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The Church of the Transfiguration and the Protection of Our Lady Queen of Poland (Polish: Kościół Przemienienia Pańskiego i Opieki Matki Boskiej Królowej Polski) colloquially the Piarist Church (Polish: Kościół pijarów) and Transfiguration Church (Polish: Kościół Przemenienia Pańskiego) is a Roman Catholic Piarist conventual church located at 4 Pijarska Street in the Old Town of Kraków, Poland. It was founded by the Piarist Order, and built between 1718 and 1728 by Kacper Bażanka. The façade designed by Francesco Placidi was built between 1759 and 1761.

Illusionistic decorations of the vault over the nave date back to the 18th century. The fresco are the work of artists from Moravia: Franz Gregor Ignaz Eckstein and Joseph Piltz.