Poznań Cathedral
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- Best time to go
- Year-round
- Budget
- $
- Accessibility
- limited
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
The Archcathedral Basilica of Poznań, on the island of Ostrów Tumski, is the oldest cathedral in Poland and a cradle of the Polish church, founded in the 10th century. Its Gothic brick body encloses a Golden Chapel added in the 19th century as a mausoleum for the first Polish rulers. Beneath the floor, archaeological displays reveal traces of the earliest pre-Romanesque structures. Rebuilt after severe wartime damage, the cathedral anchors the historic ecclesiastical island that gave rise to the city.
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