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Abbey Church, Czerwińsk nad Wisłą
Church in Czerwińsk nad Wisłą, Poland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Basilica of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Polish: Bazylika Zwiastowania Najświętszej Marii Panny), informally known as the Abbey church in Czerwińsk nad Wisłą, Sanctuary of Our Lady of Consolation is a Roman Catholic historical church built in the 12th century.
Despite Gothic and Baroque elements added in later centuries, the basilica remains one of the most valuable examples of Romanesque architecture in Poland, and as such it is listed as a Historic Monument of Poland.[1][2]
The church was built of granite blocks from locally available boulders, left by the retreating ice sheets of the Pleistocene glaciations. The heterogeneous colouring of the stone, ranging from dark gray through various shades of grey, ochre and pink to red, is considered to enhance the aesthetic value of the building.[3]
Pope Paul VI issued a Pontifical decree titled Propugnaculum Fidei Artisque which raised the shrine to the status of Minor Basilica on 10 July 1967. An image of Our Lady of Consolation is enshrined within, sometimes called as its localized Salus Populi Romani. It was canonically crowned on 6 September 1970.[4]
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Stairs, monastery gate, and church towers on the right
Rear view
Marian statue in the garden
Church interior
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