Basilica on the Holy Mountain in
Głogówko, Poland, is a historic
Oratorian,
Renaissance
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Minor Basilica
In the Catholic Church, a basilica is a designation given by the Pope to a church building. Basilicas are distinguished for ceremonial purposes from other churches. The building need not be a basilica in the architectural sense (a rectangular ...
. The shrine is modelled on the
Venetian Santa Maria della Salute
Santa Maria della Salute ( en, Saint Mary of Health), commonly known simply as the Salute, is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica located at Punta della Dogana in the Dorsoduro sestiere of the city of Venice, Italy.
It stands on the nar ...
.
It is located on a raised
moraine known as Holy Mountain (''Święta Góra'') near
Gostyń
Gostyń (german: Gostyn, 1941-45: ''Gostingen'') is a town in western Poland, seat of the Gostyń County and Gmina Gostyń in the Greater Poland Voivodeship (from 1975 to 1998 in Leszno Voivodship). According to 30 June 2004 data its population ...
, located to its north. In 2008, the basilica was entered onto the
List of Historic Monuments of
Poland
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.
References
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Gostyń County
Głogówko
Basilica churches in Poland
The Most Holy Virgin Mary, Queen of Poland