Post by JustJohn or JJ on Oct 21, 2017 12:53:01 GMT -7
Sandomierz, Cathedral Basilica of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
It is a gothic cathedral constructed in 1360. Renovated in the baroque style in the 18th century, and received the rank of cathedral in 1818.
The polychromies preserved on the walls of presbytery were made by the Ruthenian workshop of master Hayla from Przemyśl in 1421. The frescoes were uncovered and restored in the years 1934-1936. The altars and portals of the Cathedral are made of black marble and decorated with pink marble. They are representative examples of stone wares from the workshops in Czerna near Cracow from the 17th and the 18th century.
The interior of the church is decorated with a complex of magnificent rococo altars (from the second half of 18th century) at aisle piers. They were made by a prominent craftsman Maciej Polejowski from Lvov. On the walls of the aisles there is a set of 16 paintings, of which twelve create the “Calendarium” cycle, whereas four paintings under the gallery present scenes from the history of Sandomierz, painted by Charles de Prevot between 1708 and 1737.
In the treasury of the Cathedral there are: the privilege document of the town’s second location from 1286, numerous incunabula and the Reliquary of the Holy Cross Tree offered to Sandomierz Collegiate church by the King Ladislaus Jagiełło who thus acknowledged the merits of the Sandomierz knighthood in the Grunwald battle.