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. It is the main church of the

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, located at the Cathedral Square in the Old Town.

History

The first cathedral of the diocese was a wooden church which existed from 1375 to 1412, standing in the square beside the present church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. From 1412 to 1460, a Ruthenian Orthodox cathedral built of stone stood in the courtyard of

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, which it was strongly associated with. Construction of the present cathedral in the Gothic style began with the chapter of Bishop Nicholas Błażejowski in 1495. Only the walls and pillars remain from this building. The reconstruction was completed in the first decades of the sixteenth century. In 1578 the mayor of Przemysl, Secretary of the Crown – Jan Tomasz Drohojowski (d. 1605), founded the present chapel of the Blessed Sacrament. Founded on the site earlier rotunda St. Nicholas. Because of the continuous threat of incursions of the

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ns, it is a fortified church, surrounded by a wall and is equipped with a cannon. It is currently the seat of Archbishop

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Interior

In the chancel are the stone foundations of the late Romanesque rotunda of the first half of the thirteenth century cathedral. The seventeenth-century Gothic cathedral served the bishops of Przemysl to the beginning of the eighteenth century. Bishop Aleksander Antoni Fredro decided to rebuild in the Baroque style; these works were performed in the years 1724–1744. In the chancel of the Great Altar was placed huge baroque and new stalls. There are two domed chapels. One of them is Drohojowski chapel of 1578, and the other one is the late baroque Fredro chapel built in 1724. Bishop of Przemysl Aleksander Antoni Fredro (coat of arms Bończa; 1674–1734) influenced the last one. In 1733 the roof collapsed, destroying part of church and was rebuilt afterwards and completed in 1744. At the turn of the 19th century there was another rebuilding, restoring the oldest parts of the church, in a Gothic style. File:Bazylika archikat w Przemyslu.jpg, Aisle File:Bazylika archikatedralna Przemysl - Matka Boska Jackowa.jpg, The main altar File:7 Przemysl 015.jpg, Side altar File:7 Przemysl 017.jpg, Stained glass window above the main altar File:7 Przemysl 013.jpg, Pulpit File:7 Przemysl 019.jpg, Stalls File:7 Przemysl 022.jpg, Organ File:Bazylika archikatedralna Przemysl Pelczar.jpg, Kaplica Fredrów File:Bazylika Archikatedralna pod wezwaniem Jana Chrzciciela w Przemyslu.jpg, Facade File:Archikatedra przemyska - wieza.jpg, Tower Katedra przemyska wraz z kosciolem filialnym Najswietszego Serca P. Jezusa - monografia 1906 (105691626) (cropped).jpg, Katedra około 1906 Katedra przemyska wraz z kosciolem filialnym Najswietszego Serca P. Jezusa - monografia 1906 (105691645) (cropped).jpg, Wnętrze katedry po restauracji, około 1906 Przemysl - katedry rzymsko-katol. i grecko-katol. 1908 (73250893) (cropped).jpg, Widok ogólny, około 1908 Przemysl, katedra, fasada zachodnia 1938 (68116099) (cropped).jpg, Fasada zachodnia, 1938 Przemysl, katedra z boczna kaplica 1938 (68116094) (cropped).jpg, Kaplica boczna, 1938

References

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Gothic architecture in Poland Buildings and structures in Przemyśl

The Most Holy Virgin Mary, Queen of Poland