Basilica of the Omni-mediatress of All Glories
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The church in Niepokalanów, devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary the Immaculate, the Omni-mediatress of All Glories, was designed by the architect from Cracow – Zygmunt Gawlik. It was built between 1948 and 1954, in difficult times for Poland. In June 1950 it became a parish church for a new parish[1] in Niepokalanów.
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Niepokalanów, basilica minor | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Roman Catholic |
District | Archdiocese of Warsaw |
Year consecrated | October 1954 |
Status | Parish church, basilica |
Location | |
Location | Niepokalanów, 96-515 Teresin, Poland |
Geographic coordinates | 52°12′14″N 20°25′14″E |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) | Zygmunt Gawlik |
Completed | 1954 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | up to 5000 |
Length | total: 84.8 metres (278 ft); inside: 69 metres (226 ft) |
Width | naves: 18 metres (59 ft); with both side chapels: 33 metres (108 ft) |
Height (max) | main nave: 16 metres (52 ft); tower clock: 47 metres (154 ft) |
Website | |
http://niepokalanow.pl |
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Three-nave church can accommodate up to five thousand people. The height of the church tower is 47 m. Three massive, double winged doors hold symbols of the most famous places of Marian apparitions around the world. In April 1980, Pope John Paul II granted the church the title of the basilica minor.[2]