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Cathedral Basilica of the Holy Family, Częstochowa

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Location
  
Częstochowa

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic Church

Architect
  
Konstanty Wojciechowski

Country
  
Poland

Phone
  
+48 34 365 24 21

Cathedral Basilica of the Holy Family, Częstochowa

Address
  
Krakowska 15/17, 42-200 Częstochowa, Poland

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The Cathedral Basilica of the Holy Family (Polish: Bazylika Archikatedralna Sanktuarium Świętej Rodziny ) also called Częstochowa Cathedral is the name given to a religious building that is affiliated with the Catholic Church and was built in the neo-Gothic style, it is a three-nave church following the Roman or Latin rite and is located on the street Krakowska in the city of Częstochowa in Poland.

It is one of the largest of its kind in Europe, built on an old cemetery in the years 1825-1898. It was built between 1901 and 1927 and designed by Konstanty Wojciechowski. The temple in 1925 became the cathedral of the diocese of Częstochowa, and since 1992 is the metropolitan church of the ecclesiastical province of Czestochowa. The facade of the basilica is north; opposite the John Paul II Square (formerly Cathedral Square). In the Chapel of Our Lady of Czestochowa there is a crypt of the local bishops.

References

Cathedral Basilica of the Holy Family, Częstochowa Wikipedia


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