Post by Bonobo on Jan 31, 2016 23:08:46 GMT 1
I already showed the view from its tower here:
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St. Mary's Church (Polish: Bazylika Mariacka, German: St. Marienkirche), or formally the Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Polish: Bazylika Mariacka Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny w Gdańsku). Its construction began in 1379. With its volume of 155,000 m³[1] is a Roman Catholic church in Gdańsk, Poland, and is currently the third largest brick church in the world, and the second largest north of the Alps. Only San Petronio Basilica in Bologna, comprising 258,000 m³, and Frauenkirche in Munich with 217,000 m³ are larger.
St. Mary's is one of the largest European Brick Gothic buildings, which include castles. Between 1536 and 1572 St. Mary's Church was used for Roman Catholic and Lutheran services alike.[2] From the 16th century until 1945, when the Germanic Danzig became the Polish Gdańsk,[3] it was the second largest Lutheran church in the world. It is 105.5 metres (346 ft) long, and the nave is 66 metres (217 ft) wide. Inside the church is room for 25,000 people. It is an aisled hall church with a transept. It is a co-cathedral in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gdańsk, along with the Oliwa Cathedral.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Mary%27s_Church,_Gda%C5%84sk
polandsite.proboards.com/post/26443/thread
St. Mary's Church (Polish: Bazylika Mariacka, German: St. Marienkirche), or formally the Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Polish: Bazylika Mariacka Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny w Gdańsku). Its construction began in 1379. With its volume of 155,000 m³[1] is a Roman Catholic church in Gdańsk, Poland, and is currently the third largest brick church in the world, and the second largest north of the Alps. Only San Petronio Basilica in Bologna, comprising 258,000 m³, and Frauenkirche in Munich with 217,000 m³ are larger.
St. Mary's is one of the largest European Brick Gothic buildings, which include castles. Between 1536 and 1572 St. Mary's Church was used for Roman Catholic and Lutheran services alike.[2] From the 16th century until 1945, when the Germanic Danzig became the Polish Gdańsk,[3] it was the second largest Lutheran church in the world. It is 105.5 metres (346 ft) long, and the nave is 66 metres (217 ft) wide. Inside the church is room for 25,000 people. It is an aisled hall church with a transept. It is a co-cathedral in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gdańsk, along with the Oliwa Cathedral.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Mary%27s_Church,_Gda%C5%84sk
