Saints Peter and Paul Church in Strzegom, Poland (til 1945: Striegau,

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), is a historic brick,

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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 ...

, located in Strzegom as part of the Diocese of Świdnica. Formerly, the basilica belonged to the

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. Since 2002, the church serves as a

. It is the most prized heritage site of the town and is one of the largest churches in

Lower Silesia Lower Silesia ( pl, Dolny Śląsk; cz, Dolní Slezsko; german: Niederschlesien; szl, Dolny Ślōnsk; hsb, Delnja Šleska; dsb, Dolna Šlazyńska; Silesian German: ''Niederschläsing''; la, Silesia Inferior) is the northwestern part of the ...

(with a length of the

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at 76

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s, height of 26 m and a main building width of 26 m). An example of

n Gothic architecture. the church is enriched with artisanal handicraft , mainly from the fourteenth and fifteenth-century. On September 22, 2012 the minor basilica was registered on the List of Historic Monuments of Poland.

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