Former Jesuit College

Former Jesuit College

The Jesuits arrived in Poznan at the end of the 16th century and just a few years later they opened their first college which was granted academic privilege by King Sigismund III. The existing building was erected in the 18th century. Originally it was horseshoe-shaped but its eastern wing was enlarged in the middle of the 18th century creating a façade at Kolegiacki Square, and the courtyard was closed from the north with a 1-storey building with a gate, over which a tower was built. In the 19th century a small risalit with an entrance from the courtyard's side was added, and then at the beginning of the 20th century another building along Za Bramką Street. It once was linked with St Stanislaus' Chruch.

The college, nowadays housing Municipal Council, is covered with a gable roof and its elevations are decorated in Baroque and Neo-Baroque style. On the courtyard there is a statue "Maternity".