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ul. Jana Łaskiego 9, Gniezno
Gniezno Cathedral, the Primatial Basilica of the Assumption and St. Adalbert, stands on Lech Hill in the centre of Gniezno. Since the year 1000, when the first Polish metropolitan see was created here, it has remained the seat of the archbishops of Gniezno and is called the Mother of Polish Churches. The beginnings of the church go back to the times of Mieszko I.
Five Polish rulers were crowned in the cathedral, and the relics of St. Adalbert, the missionary killed by the Prussians, rest in the confessio in the nave. The present Gothic body dates from the 14th century and absorbed remains of earlier, pre-Romanesque and Romanesque buildings. Later rebuildings gave the interior Baroque features, and the post-war restoration brought back the Gothic.
The greatest treasure is the Gniezno Doors, Romanesque bronze castings with scenes from the life of St. Adalbert and one of the most valuable works of Romanesque art in Poland. It is worth walking round the ring of side chapels with the tombs of the primates, going down to the crypts with relics of earlier churches and climbing the viewing tower.
Source: https://archidiecezja.pl/kuria_parafie/gniezno-bazylika-prymasowska-sw-wojciecha/
