St._John_the_Baptist_Cathedral,_Lublin

St. John the Baptist Cathedral, Lublin

St. John the Baptist Cathedral, Lublin

Church in Lublin, Poland

The Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist [2] (Polish: Archikatedra św. Jana Chrzciciela ) or simply Lublin Cathedral[3] in Lublin,[4] Poland[5] is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lublin.

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It was built between 1592 and 1617 as a church of the Society of Jesus. One of the first baroque churches in Poland, it was modeled after the Chiesa del Gesù in Rome of Giovanni Maria Bernadoni. It is a three-aisled basilica with a wide nave.. It was designated cathedral in the early 19th century, and since 1992, the archdiocesan cathedral.

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    Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Lublin
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51.2468°N 22.5685°E / 51.2468; 22.5685

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