Częstochowa Cathedral

The Cathedral Basilica of the Holy Family [1] (Polish: Bazylika Archikatedralna Sanktuarium Świętej Rodziny ) also called Częstochowa Cathedral is a religious building that is affiliated with the Catholic Church and was built in the neo-Gothic style, it is a three-nave church following the Roman or Latin rite and is located on the street Krakowska in the city of Częstochowa[2][3] in Poland.

[4] It is one of the largest of its kind in Europe, built on an old cemetery in the years 1825-1898.

The temple in 1925 became the cathedral of the diocese of Częstochowa, and since 1992 is the metropolitan church of the ecclesiastical province of Czestochowa.

The facade of the basilica is north; opposite the John Paul II Square (formerly Cathedral Square).

In the Chapel of Our Lady of Czestochowa there is a crypt of the local bishops.

Internal view