The stonemasonry centre in Dębnik under the management of the discalced Carmelites in Czerna

Abstract

One of the most famous centers of stonemasons’ settlement in Poland is located in a small village Dębnik near Krakow, which from 1628 years belonged to the Monastery of the Discalced Carmelites in Czerna. Carmelites dealt with the administration, leasing stone mines, obtaining stonmasons and acquiring customers. The text examines the history of the stonemasons’ settlement under the management of the Discalced Carmelites from the beginning of the seventeenth century until 1953, the administration of craft workshops, management and relations between religious and stonemasons in different historical periods.

Keywords

• Dębnik
• the Order of the Discalced Carmelites;
• masonry
• marble from Dębnik
• small architecture