Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Licheń & Gorzów Wielkopolski

Two very different religious buildings in Poland, the Basilica of Our Lady of Licheń and St. Mary's Cathedral in Gorzów Wielkopolski.
Both cards have been sent by Emerich.

 Photo by Dariusz Krakowiak
The Basilica of Our Lady of Licheń is a Roman Catholic church located in the village of Licheń Stary near Konin in the Greater Poland Voivodeship in Poland. It was designed by Barbara Bielecka and built between 1994 and 2004. The construction was funded by pilgrims' donations.
With the nave 120 meters long and 77 meters wide, with a central dome 98 meters high, and with a tower 141.5 metres tall, it is Poland's largest church and one of the largest churches in the world. The church is dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrows, Queen of Poland whose icon, perhaps dating back to the 18th century, is displayed in the basilica's main altar. It is one of Poland's principal pilgrimage sites.
Pope John Paul II blessed the Basilica in 1999. - in: wikipedia

Photo by Dariusz Krakowiak
Gorzów Wielkopolski is a city in western Poland, on the Warta river. It is the biggest city in the Lubusz Voivodeship.
Although the centre of Gorzów was heavily damaged during the Second World War, there are still many notable tourist attractions in the city. The largest of these is the Gothic, red-brick Gorzów Cathedral of the Virgin Mary, dating from the end of the 1200s, situated on the old market square. - in: wikipedia

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