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The first building in Baroque Style produced at Cracow was the gorgeous church of St. Peter, founded for the Jesuit Order by King Sigismund III (illustration 59). The building was
60. CHAPEL OF ST. STANISLAS IN THE CATHEDRAL.
erected on the model of the Jesuits' church il Gesù at Rome, under the superintendence of Gian Maria Bernardone, with Joseph Buscius for collaborator. After the death of Bernardone (1605), the work was continued by John Gislenus, and finally