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April 9
St. Michael's Church in Gniezno is a single—nave church with a three-walled apse and an octagonal tower rare for Belarusian architecture in the center of the main facade.
The architecture of the facades has absorbed both forms of late Gothic:
🟣suspended and keel - like arches;
,rectangular niches;
Slender buttresses with stepped consoles at the top.
So are the Renaissance features:
horizontal rods and arches above the windows of the second tier of the tower;
🟣various cornices.
The monument has no vaults typical of Gothic architecture and is covered with a wooden flat deck. This technique is found in single-nave churches due to the fact that it is difficult to make a brick arch of a large span.
The Gniezno monument complements the collection of Gothic buildings of the Grodno region as an example of a transitional type to Renaissance architecture.
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April 13
St. Michael's Church impresses with its grandeur and beauty. It began to be built in 1524 and in this form it has been preserved to this day.
St. Michael's Church survived all the wars. During the war, the Church was used as a fortress to protect the local population. The core has been preserved in the walls of the Church, which can still be seen today.
In 1968, a warehouse was placed in the Church building.
In 1989, the restored St. Michael's Church was returned to the Catholics.
The historical interior of St. Michael's Church has not been preserved.
The icons and sculptures of the XVII-XVIII centuries have not been preserved.
Tombstones of the 19th and the first half of the 20th century have been preserved on the territory of St. Michael's Church.
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October 27, 2024
A wonderful place, the agro-town of Gniezno is distinguished by its artistic nature with its beautiful landscape. But if it were not so beautiful, this wondrous half-century-old giant standing in the middle of the agro-town would not appear here. The magnificent structure, erected in notes of old European design, beckons with its magnificent hourly countdown, which reminds me that even after five hundred years I feel good here) I would like to say separately that it is rare to hear a live brass trumpeter score at the beginning of the service, calling parishioners to the service. I truly recommend everyone to take a look at this truly beautiful corner of our homeland at least once.
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