photo sharing and upload picture albums photo forums search pictures popular photos photography help login
joseantonio | all galleries >> Galleries >> POLAND > Lublin, Cathedral
previous | next
11-MAY-2017

Lublin, Cathedral

The church of St John the Baptist and John the Evangelist was built between 1586-1604 to serve the Society of Jesus, which arrived at that time in Lublin. The architectural design was created by one of the friars, Jan Maria Bernardoni, who partially based it on the Roman residence of the Jesuits – the Il Gesu Church. In the 18th century, Józef Meyer decorated the interior of the church with beautiful paintings depicting Biblical scenes. The Church of the Society of Jesus became a cathedral in 1805 after the Diocese of Lublin was established. After the damage caused by WW2, the cathedral was rebuilt and we can still see it in this form today. It is worth going inside to get a closer look at the illusionistic polychromes and grand furnishings of the church. We should also pay attention to the main altar made of Lebanese pear tree.

Canon EOS 70D
1/1000s f/9.0 at 17.0mm iso200 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto
share
Graeme22-Jun-2018 08:23
A stunning cathedral.V+
Julie Oldfield22-Jun-2018 01:34
Stunning architecture! V
Dave Berry22-Jun-2018 01:32
A very beautiful cathedral. It's a shame that, like so many others, it suffered major damage during the war. Thankfully, it was rebuilt. V
Dennis Hoyne22-Jun-2018 00:49
Beautiful architecture, nicely photographed! V
Helen Betts22-Jun-2018 00:29
Great POV and light for this beautiful cathedral. V.
Tom Munson21-Jun-2018 21:36
Beautiful capture, Jose.
Frank Tran21-Jun-2018 21:14
Great image, great info. V+
Buz Kiefer21-Jun-2018 20:21
Gorgeous structure and very nice point of view, Jose. V
Jim Coffman21-Jun-2018 20:19
Nice capture, Jose.. Lots of history here!
Colin Storey21-Jun-2018 19:51
Great image of this cathedral.
janescottcumming21-Jun-2018 19:48
Different looking than a lot of Cathedrals. The street light in the middle of the photo is a very attractive design.
Walter Otto Koenig21-Jun-2018 19:41
Interesting and unusual architecture. "V"
Commenting on this page requires full PBase membership.
Please login or register.