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Post by Bonobo on Jan 31, 2016 23:08:46 GMT 1
I already showed the view from its tower here: polandsite.proboards.com/post/26443/threadSt. 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                                                                        
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Post by jeanne on Jan 31, 2016 23:25:20 GMT 1
I already showed the view from its tower here: polandsite.proboards.com/post/26443/threadSt. 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  Please, please, please tell me what this sign on the chest says! I'm fascinated by that!
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Post by Bonobo on Jan 31, 2016 23:42:42 GMT 1
Please, please, please tell me what this sign on the chest says! I'm fascinated by that! I am afraid I will disappoint you   : All visitors are pleased to make a donation for the restoration of this biggest temple in Poland.
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Post by jeanne on Feb 1, 2016 0:28:23 GMT 1
Please, please, please tell me what this sign on the chest says! I'm fascinated by that! I am afraid I will disappoint you   : All visitors are pleased to make a donation for the restoration of this biggest temple in Poland. That's it...?? I thought the chest/trunk would at least be where the ancient monk Saint "So and So" kept all his earthly possessions while living in a cave under a Linden tree adjacent to the church!!
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Post by Bonobo on Feb 5, 2016 21:20:08 GMT 1
That's it...?? I thought the chest/trunk would at least be where the ancient monk Saint "So and So" kept all his earthly possessions while living in a cave under a Linden tree adjacent to the church!! I warned you it is nothing special but you wouldn`t listen.   I don`t know this parable about the saint. Which gospel is it?
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Post by jeanne on Feb 5, 2016 23:59:32 GMT 1
That's it...?? I thought the chest/trunk would at least be where the ancient monk Saint "So and So" kept all his earthly possessions while living in a cave under a Linden tree adjacent to the church!! I warned you it is nothing special but you wouldn`t listen.   I don`t know this parable about the saint. Which gospel is it? I just remember when I was studying medieval literature, there were always poems about holy men and women who would "attach" themselves to various churches and live around them in primitive lodgings in a life of prayer and mortification. The women, as I recall, were "anchoresses"...not sure what the men were called...maybe "anchorites?" This chest/trunk looked like it might be an artifact from that period. I have a very imaginative mind and a romantic bent to my thoughts.
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Post by Bonobo on Jan 20, 2019 21:21:23 GMT 1
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