St. Alexander's Church

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   St. Alexander's Church (Polish: Kosciól sw. Aleksandra) is a Roman Catholic church on Plac Trzech Krzyzy (Triple Cross Square) in Warsaw, Poland. The church was constructed in the years 1818-25 in Neoclassical style. In 1886–95 it was rebuilt in Neo-Renaissance style, resulting in a much larger building with two prominent towers and a large dome.[1] With these changes, the building became one of the largest in Warsaw.
   During its existence the church has witnessed a number of historic events, including the 1912 funeral service for Boleslaw Prus, who died a couple of blocks away in his apartment on ulica Wilcza (Wolf Street).
   The church was destroyed during World War II, in the course of the Warsaw Uprising. In the years after the war it stood as a ruin while debates were conducted over whether to rebuild it to its prewar appearance, or to its original appearance before reconstruction  . In the end, the church was rebuilt between 1949 and 1952 in a form similar to its original design.

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