Saints Peter and Paul Church, Brzeg

Saints Peter and Paul Church
Kościół Świętych Apostołów Piotra i Pawła
Western side view
Location Brzeg
Country Poland
Denomination Roman Catholic
Architecture
Style Gothic
Groundbreaking 13th century
Completed 16th century
Specifications
Materials Brick
Administration
Archdiocese Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Wrocław

Saints Peter and Paul Church in Brzeg, Poland, is a historic Gothic Franciscan basilica built in the thirteenth-century.[1]

The church was built in the thirteenth-century, subsequently expanded in 1338, and transformed after a fire in the sixteenth-century. In 1527, after Frederick II of Legnica introduced Lutheranism into Brzeg, the town's Franciscans were expelled, with the basilica acquired by the town authorities. In 1582, the building was rebuilt into an arsenal. The fire service moved into the building the nineteenth-thirties. After the Great Flood of 1997, the basilica's tower, together with some of its walls collapsed. Since 2001, the basilica has undergone renovation works, with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Wrocław acquiring the church in 2003.[2] In 2013, the archdiocese received funds of 1 700 000 złoty from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of Poland to rebuild the roof and rebuild the basilica's Gothic windows.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Kościół św. Piotra i Pawła, pl. Młynów, Brzeg - dolny-slask.org.pl". dolny-slask.org.pl. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "Urząd Miasta w Brzegu". brzeg.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "Informator Miasta Brzeg - newsy i aktualności Brzeg24.pl". Brzeg24.pl - Lokalny serwis informacyjny (in Polish). Retrieved 16 September 2017.

Coordinates: 50°30′52″N 17°16′56″E / 50.5145°N 17.2821°E / 50.5145; 17.2821

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