One of the most spectacular examples of Romanesque architecture in Poland, St Martin"s Church was erected on the Latin cross pattern with the use of locally extracted flint sandstone in the 12th century.
Its front is dominated by two differently shaped towers. The southern tower has two bifurcated Romanesque windows (biforia) and traces of Romanesque decorations below. The northern tower is ornamented with the town owner"s coat-of-arms (Odrowąż) and the coat-pf-arms of his mother (Łabędź).The 18th century frescoes embellish the three-nave church interiors as well as its presbytery and transept. The paintings represent scenes from major battles (Vienna, Chocim, Psie Pole, Grunwald) in our country"s history. Tombstones of the Szydłowiecki family are located in the left transept nave. The chancellor"s tombstone is made of two bas-reliefs. One features the town"s owner and the second one is known as the Opatów Lament: it shows Opatów residents mourning the deceased owner of the town.
