Location Kielce Denomination Roman Catholic Church Phone +48 41 344 63 07 | Country Poland Architectural style Romanesque architecture | |
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Address Plac Najświętszej Maryi Panny 3, 25-001 Kielce, Poland Similar Palace of the Kraków Bishops i, Rezerwat przyrody Kadzielnia, Kościół pw św Karola Bo, Cathedral Basilica of the Assu, Jaskinie na Kadzielni Podziem | ||
The Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Polish: Bazylika katedralna Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny w Kielcach ) also called Kielce Cathedral is the name given to a Catholic church that has the status of cathedral and basilica and is located in the city of Kielce in Poland. It is located in the "Castle Hill" in the heart of the city.
It was built in the twelfth century by the then Bishop of Kraków, Gedeon.
Destroyed by the Tartars in 1260 was rebuilt. In 1724 Bishop Kazimierz Lubienski restructuring the building in the early Baroque style that still characterizes it. Inside, the three ships have a variety of colors in the frescoes of painters of the nineteenth century Kraków. The high altar, the work of Fontana, is also baroque and rococo style.