Built between 1603-1639 in a Baroque style from the foundation of pre-existing Warsaw burghers. The Dominicans came here in the early 17th century, from Krakow. In 1603 they started the construction of the wooden chapel and makeshift monastic buildings; the construction of the church lasted until 1639, with the monastery buildings completed in 1650. In 1864, when the Tsar abolished the church (as part of the repressions handed down after the uprising), the church was taken over by diocesan priests. Several years later, the monastery was the seat of a boys' orphanage and school, as well as a boarding school for its graduates. During the Warsaw Uprising, the church housed the rebel hospital, and under its rubble, hundreds of wounded died. In 1947, the Dominicans returned to the temple, and its restoration began then, and ended in 1959. Rebuilt after the war, the church did not retain many souvenirs of its former glory, but it is still one of the most important and beautiful churches in Warsaw. The most valuable monument in the church is the Kotowski Baroque chapel, from the late 17th century that somehow survived the horrors of war. The Kotowski sarcophagus contains the chapel's fabulously wealthy founder, who was born as a serf named Adam Kot, and thanks to his achievements and intelligence, died Adam Kotowski a member of King Jan III Sobieski's court, as well as his wife Margaret; they are located in an underground crypt. The chapel is the work of Tylman of Gameren.