Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Pinsk
| Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary | |
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| катэдральны Унебаўзяцця Найсвяцейшай Панны Марыі | |
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| Location | Pinsk |
| Country | Belarus |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
The Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary[1] (Belarusian: катэдральны Унебаўзяцця Найсвяцейшай Панны Марыі) also called Pinsk Cathedral, is a catholic temple of baroque style of the eighteenth century in Pinsk,[2] Belarus.[3]
History[]
The church and the adjoining Franciscan monastery are Baroque buildings, built between the years 1712 and 1730 on the site of similar wooden buildings funded in 1396 by the Prince of Pinsk, Sigismund I Kęstutaitis. The monastery was closed in 1852, while the church became a parish and in 1925 became the Catholic cathedral of the Diocese of Pinsk.
The cathedral has three naves and chapels and a semicircular choir, covered with a high ceiling. At the intersection of the nave with the choir is the tower with a Baroque dome. The hallways are very narrow and much lower in height than in the center. The facade is richly decorated and assumed its present form in 1766. It is a little larger than the body of the building and is divided into three levels, flanked by two square towers covered with baroque domes.
See also[]
- Roman Catholicism in Belarus
- Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
References[]
- ^ Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Pinsk
- ^ "Catholic.by – Пінск – парафія Унебаўзяцця Найсвяцейшай Панны Марыі". catholic.by. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
- ^ Gregory Rakowski, Czar Polesia, Casa Editrice "Rewasz", Pruszków 2005, ISBN 83-85557-92-X.
- Roman Catholic cathedrals in Belarus
- Pinsk
- Roman Catholic churches completed in 1730
- Buildings and structures in Brest Region
- 18th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Belarus