Saint John’s Archcathedral

There were several interesting structures here in the Old Town of Warsaw which happens to be a UNESCO World Heritage site. There were the requisite churches here with Poland being a deeply Catholic country. There was a structure here that probably stood out most for me. I actually wasn’t sure what it when I initially thought it was a museum. It turned out to be another church, however, it wasn’t just any church, it was a cathedral, but still, it wasn’t just any cathedral, it was an archcathedral.

Adding the “arch” in front of the “cathedral” elevates it to a level above other cathedrals in Warsaw which has three of them. St. John’s Archcathedral is the head cathedral of the cathedrals here in Warsaw. Its proximity to the royal palace probably helped in that regard. The design of the exterior of the cathedral isn’t something I have seen before. It is described to be brick Gothic. The use of red brick seems to be quite common here in Poland as I would later find out. The St. John’s Archcathedral would be the first of many I would encounter here in the country.

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