Churches and monasteries
the oldest church in Tychy, late Baroque, with a tower from 1929 and the title of minor basilica
Churches and monasteries
Late Modernist church of 1978-1982 shaped like a tent, with a polychrome by Jerzy Nowosielski
Industrial heritage
three buildings of a former 18th-century ironworks by Lake Paprocany
Architecture in Tychy means the modernist Church of the Holy Spirit, the Baroque basilica of St Mary Magdalene and a former ironworks from 1703.
The three buildings come from three different eras and show that a town planned after 1950 has older layers too. The churches are best viewed from outside and when they are open to worshippers and visitors.
The Church of the Holy Spirit on Myśliwska street in Żwaków was built in 1978-1982 to a design by Stanisław Niemczyk, with polychrome work by Jerzy Nowosielski. It is one of the best-known Polish churches of late modernism and was entered in the register of monuments in 2019.
The Church of St Mary Magdalene on Damrota street is a late Baroque building from 1780-1782, the oldest church in the town, extended in the early 20th century to a Latin cross plan. It holds the title of minor basilica. In Paprocany, by the lake, stands the former Paprocany ironworks complex: three surviving buildings of an iron foundry established in 1703, now with a restaurant. The story of the town, from the princely brewery to the plan of the 1950s, is told in an article on Tychy.
The Church of St Mary Magdalene from 1780-1782, now a minor basilica on Damrota street.
Stanisław Niemczyk, who also designed its furnishings. The polychrome work is by Jerzy Nowosielski. More buildings are grouped in the category architecture in Silesia.
