Jezuicka Street in Bydgoszcz
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| Polish: Ulica Jezuicka w Bydgoszczy | |
View to the north
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Location of the street in Bydgoszcz
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| Former name(s) | Pfarr Kirchenstraße - Neue Pfarrstraße |
| Part of | Bydgoszcz |
| Namesake | Society of Jesus |
| Owner | City of Bydgoszcz |
| Length | 150 m (490 ft) |
| Area | Old Town |
| Location | Bydgoszcz |
Jezuicka Street is a street located in Bydgoszcz, Poland. Many of its buildings are either registered on Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship heritage list, or part of Bydgoszcz local history.
The street lies in the western part of the Old Town. It connects Długa street and Farna street, where stands Bydgoszcz cathedral, following along a north-south path. It is 150 m long.
Jezuicka street was laid out in the middle of the 14th century, when Bydgoszcz Old Town network was established. It ran in the western part of the city, connecting Długa Street and St. Martin and St. Nicholas Cathedral.
Rescue archaeological works have revealed the presence in the street of fragments of brick dating back to the 15th century. The house at N°4 still keeps preserved walls from this period, while foundations from the 17th century have been found at N°5.
The history of this part of the city is related to the Order of the Jesuits, which owned a majority of the dwellings located between today's Farna, Jezuicka, Niedźwiedzia streets and the Old Market Square. In 1619, the Society of Jesus erected a monastery here and around 1640, the construction of two Jesuit buildings on the Market Square closed one side of this quaqrangle area:
During the Swedish Invasions (1660), most of the buildings were burned down, and many others were emptied by their inhabitants before the plague. Properties were then managed by churches, monasteries and hospitals: they were then called tagged as Jesuit.
In autumn 1657, visiting monarques John II Casimir and his wife, together with Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia, their dignitaries and courtiers, were housed in the Jesuit College and the Jesuit-owned houses nearby.
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