The Abbey church in
Czerwińsk nad Wisłą
Czerwińsk nad Wisłą is a town in Płońsk County, Masovian Voivodeship, in central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Czerwińsk nad Wisłą. It lies on the Vistula (''Wisła'') river, approximately s ...
, officially known as the Basilica of the Annunciation of Holy Virgin Mary ( pl, Bazylika Zwiastowania Najświętszej Marii Panny), is a historic church, built in the 12th century. Despite
Gothic
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People and languages
*Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes
**Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths
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and
Baroque elements added in later centuries, the
basilica
In Ancient Roman architecture, a basilica is a large public building with multiple functions, typically built alongside the town's Forum (Roman), forum. The basilica was in the Latin West equivalent to a stoa in the Greek East. The building ...
remains one of the most valuable examples of
Romanesque architecture in Poland, and as such it is listed as a
Historic Monument of Poland.
The church was built of granite blocks from locally available boulders, left by the retreating ice sheets of the Pleistocene glaciations. The heterogeneous colouring of the stone, ranging from dark gray through various shades of grey, ochre and pink to red, is considered to enhance the aesthetic value of the building.
Gallery
Czerwinsk8.jpg, Stairs, monastery gate, and church towers on the right
Czerwińsk nad Wisłą, bazylika 436.jpg, Rear view
Czerwińsk nad Wisłą - Kościół Zwiastowania NMP - figura Maryi.jpg, Saint Mary statue
Bazylika Zwiastowania Najświętszej Marii Panny w Czerwińsku nad Wisłą prezbiterium.jpg, Church interior
See also
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Catholic Church in Poland
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References
Romanesque architecture in Poland
Basilica churches in Poland
12th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Poland
Płońsk County
Czerwińsk nad Wisłą
Czerwińsk nad Wisłą is a town in Płońsk County, Masovian Voivodeship, in central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Czerwińsk nad Wisłą. It lies on the Vistula (''Wisła'') river, approximately s ...
The Most Holy Virgin Mary, Queen of Poland
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