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| St Michael's Cathedral in Łomża | |
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 the view from the front of the church | |
| Location | Łomża, Poland |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Architecture | |
| Style | gothic, baroque |
| Years built | 1504-1525 |
St Michael's Cathedral, Łomża
[edit]Cathedral in Łomża is late gothic church build in the first half of XVI century. It is located in the centre of the town and is considered to be one of the oldest buildings. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JuliaBogdan (talk • contribs) 02:03, 23 July 2018 (UTC)
History
[edit]The process of building the church began in 1510. The men responsible for the work was bishop Andrzej Noskowski who later was responsible for its consecration in 1525. The next consecration took place in 1531 and was conducted by the bishop Andrzej Krzycki. Near the year 1550 the church has been rebuild to resemble basilica. Becouse of the damage after the Deluge ( 1691 - 1692 ) there has been a reconstruction which changed the church from gothic to baroque (according to design by Józef Szymon Bellotti) The next consecration took place in 1783 but in 1819 it was temporarily postponed because of bad state of the building. Soon it was decided that it should be dismantled and it's materials used in reconstruction of another church. But the cost of it was too high and for a short period of time it was considered to be used as a prison. The high cost of such remodelling soon ended this idea and on 31 of march 1820 it was decided to leave the church in it's place and conducting less costly repairs made it usable again.
During November Uprising it was used as miliatry warehouse.
The next big renovation happened in 1844 and began with roof repairs. Another changes were made in 1884 and in 1887 the chapel of saint Casimir was added.
In 1891-1894 the floor of the church was changed from ceramic to concrete. In 1925 Łomża become bishopric and the church was made into cathedral.
During World War I one of the bombs destroyed the added sacristy, one of the navals and large part of calling. The cailing was recreated in 1947 and five years later the new sacristy was built.
In 1953 they began more complicated repairs. By 1957 the main altar was taken down and replaced.