travel poland gdansk st mary's church
When we visited St. Mary's, the exterior was being worked on and parts of it were covered with scaffholding.
The interior is fairly large and relatively simple with seemingly unconnected elaborate detailing and artwork."
"St. Mary's Church (Bazylika Mariacka, Marienkirche) or, properly, Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
(Bazylika Mariacka Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny w Gdańsku) is a Catholic church ... the largest brick
church in the world, ...and one of the largest Brick Gothic buildings in Europe.
Until 1945 it was the biggest Evangelical Lutheran church in the world. It is 105.5 m long, and the nave is 66 m 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 main cathedral for the Archdiocese, the Bazylika archikatedralna w Gdańsku-Oliwie."
- wikipedia
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St. Mary's Church, Gdansk, Poland, 2009.
Iterior, St. Mary's, Gdansk, Poland, 2009.
The main altar (1511-1517) by Michael of Augsburg, St. Mary's Church, Gdansk, Poland, 2009.
Altar detail, St. Mary's, Gdansk, Poland, 2009.
Interior detail, St. Mary's, Gdansk, Poland, 2009.
Floor detail, St. Mary's, Gdansk, Poland, 2009.
This astronomical clock was constructed between 1464-1470 by Hans Düringer, but was reconstructed after 1945, St. Mary's, Gdansk, Poland (2009).
Artwork, St. Mary's, Gdansk, Poland, 2009.
Stained glass windows, St. Mary's, Gdansk, Poland, 2009.
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Me, looking tired, St. Mary's, Gdansk, Poland, 2009.
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