Basillica Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel and St. Florian Męczennik
The church was built between 1887 and 1904. Its two slender, 75-meter-high towers with copper roofs covered in green patina are a distinctive feature of the Praga district, visible from today's Śląsko-Dąbrowski Bridge and from the Old Town. The church is constructed in the form of a three-aisled basilica with a transept and has two tall towers and a shorter spire.
On the front facade, made of raw brick, above the entrances, there are mosaics featuring the figure of Christ, the coat of arms of Praga, and the coat of arms of the first bishop of Warsaw-Praga, Kazimierz Romaniuk. The interior is also characterized by a brick texture. In the right nave, there is a Baroque statue of St. Florian, the patron saint of firefighters, who, along with St. Michael the Archangel, is the patron saint of the temple. The form and spatial arrangement of the church are reminiscent of the so-called Mazovian or Vistulan Gothic.
This temple is regarded by architecture experts as exemplary in Polish sacred architecture, and many designers of other churches have drawn inspiration from it.
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