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Basilica of the Holy Trinity in Strzelno

Plac św. Wojciecha, 88-320 Strzelno, powiat mogileński, woj. kujawsko-pomorskie

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Basilica of the Holy Trinity and the Blessed Virgin Mary in Strzelno

A Romanesque structure from the turn of the 12th and 13th centuries, consecrated in 1216. It holds the most valuable monument of Romanesque sculpture in Poland - columns with personifications of human virtues and vices (18 figures on each). Next to it rises the rotunda of St. Prokop.

Treasures

  • The column of virtues (justice, faith, wisdom...) and the column of vices (anger, pride, impurity...)
  • Analogous carved columns in Europe are found only in Santiago de Compostela and Venice
  • Romanesque tympanums

Practical information

Scope

  • Rotunda of St. Prokop (12th c.) next to the basilica
  • Minor basilica

Getting there

Strzelno on the Piast Route, Mogilno County.

Sposób dojazdu

  • Kamper / samochód

Source: https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ko%C5%9Bci%C3%B3%C5%82_%C5%9Awi%C4%99tej_Tr%C3%B3jcy_i_Naj%C5%9Bwi%C4%99tszej_Marii_Panny_w_Strzelnie ; https://kujawsko-pomorskie.travel/pl/strzelno-kruszwica-mogilno-na-piastowskim-szlaku-0