About the process of investment and realization of postwar sacred buildings

After 1945, the situation of the Catholic Church in Poland has undergone radical changes. In years 1945-2000 there was a very dynamic time for systemic economic change in our country, determining the formation of architecture also influencing its aesthetic qualities. This applies especially to religious architecture, whose free development during this period was strongly disturbed. New conditions in which investors had to operate the church - makers after 1945 the construction of temples, significantly influenced the possibility of proper functioning and development of the sacral. This article attempts to analyze the basic mechanisms directly affecting the process of investment-realization and, consequently, the evolution of architectural forms of contemporary churches, performed in the Archdiocese of Cracow in 1945-2000.