Sanctuary of Our Lady of Licheń
- Sanctuary of Our Lady of Licheń
The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lichen is located in Greater Poland in a village called Stary Licheń, near Konin.
The Sanctuary is Poland's largest church, the seventh largest in Europe and eleventh in the World. It was constructed between 1994 and 2004. The architect was Barbara Bielecka.
The Basilica was built in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary and receives a large number of pilgrims. It houses a 200-year-old painting known as the "Our Lady of Sorrows, Queen of Poland".
The church, rising 98 meters (central nave), 141,5 metres (church tower), is 120 metres long and 77 metres in width.
ee also
*Roman Catholic Marian churches
External links
* [http://www.lichen.pl Official website of Sanctuary of Our Lady of Licheń]
* http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b45268
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