St. Patrick's Cathedral Nicholas in Elbląg is one of the highest religious buildings in Poland, its tower measures 97 m. The most valuable elements of the cathedral's equipment are a Gothic bronze baptismal font from 1387, made by master Bernhauser, the Gothic sculpture of St. Nicholas of considerable size, wooden figures of the apostles, as well as late-Gothic altars moved from other Elbląg churches.
Initially, it was a parish (or parish) church and the seat of the oldest cathedral parish in the city of St. Nicholas. From March 1992, it is the cathedral of the Elbląg diocese. The church also has gothic paintings from the end of the 14th century, which were discovered in the interwar period.
The church was built in the mid-thirteenth century and expanded over the next two centuries. At the end of the 18th century, the church partly burned down. Some equipment was saved, but the building itself was rebuilt in a shape other than the original one. The construction of the current tower lasted from 1906 to 1907. When the Red Army captured Elbląg in February 1945, the cathedral was completely burned. The reconstruction of the church began three years later and lasted until 1965.
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