Płock Cathedral

Płock Cathedral
Płock Cathedral
General information
Town or city Płock
Country Poland
Construction started 1130
Completed 1144
Design and construction
Client Aleksander of Malonne

Płock Cathedral, or the Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Masovia, in Płock, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Poland, an example of Romanesque architecture.

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History

The bishopric in Płock was founded about 1075.[1] The first definite reference to the cathedral is in 1102, when Władysław I Herman was buried there. The present Romanesque cathedral was built after 1129 by prince Bolesław III and Bishop Aleksander of Malonne.[1] This was a rebuilding following a fire and took from 1136 until 1144. It was consecrated in 1144 as the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary.[1] The original bronze doors of the Romanesque cathedral (now in Velikiy Novgorod) have figurative bas-reliefs depicting the verses of the so-called "Roman Confession of Faith", and the figure of Alexander of Malonne, bishop of Płock.[1] The doors were made in the Magdeburg workshop about 1150. In the cathedral there is now a bronze replica of the doors, made in the 1980s. In the Royal Chapel on the north side of the cathedral is a marble sarcophagus forming the tomb of two Polish rulers, Władysław I Herman and his son Bolesław III Wrymouth.

Following a major fire in 1530, the building was reconstructed by Bishop Andzej Krzycki as a new Renaissance style church (1531–1535).[1] This was the first large Renaissance style cathedral in Poland, although it reused granite ashlar portions of the Romanesque basilica. The architects were Bernardino de Gianotis from Rome, Giovanni Cini da Siena and Philippo da Fiesole.[1] The layout of the new cathedral was based on the Renaissance basilicas of Rome (Sant'Agostino, Santa Maria del Popolo). However the external architecture remains in the style of North Italian brick churches, more similar to local late Gothic ones in Masovia, and may be the result of rebuilding work about 1560 by Giovanni Battista of Venice, who added the spacious choir and two western towers.

The building was restored in 1903, when the present design of the west front and towers was designed by the architect in charge of the restoration, Stefan Szyller.[1]

Burials

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g (Polish) "Rys historyczny". www.diecezja.plock.pl. http://www.diecezja.plock.pl/index.php?show=parafia&dekanat=26&parafia=131. Retrieved 2009-12-08. 

See also

  • Płock Diadem
  • Dukes of Masovia
  • www.katedraplock.pl - website of Płock Cathedral

Coordinates: 52°32′28″N 19°41′23″E / 52.5410813°N 19.6898128°E / 52.5410813; 19.6898128


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