Europe’s largest wooden church restored in Poland, Swidnica
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An article about the restoration of the impressive wooden Church of Peace in Swidnica.
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Location: Dolnośląskie, Poland
Date Posted: 11/02/2018
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The article says:
"Europe’s largest wooden church has recovered its original splendour after three years of restoration work, the coordinator of the project in southern Poland said yesterday:
“It’s a great day for our church and for the entire little protestant community in Swidnica which wouldn’t have been able to finance the work by itself,” coordinator Bozena Pytel told AFP.
The work cost €4.1 million (US$4.4 million, RM19.36 million) and notably involved restoring the organ, pulpit and altar “of what is an exceptional example of Baroque art”, Pytel added.
Bells chimed to mark the end of the makeover, which coincides with the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, the 1517 schism that created a Protestant branch of Christianity which rebelled against papal rule.
The construction of the evangelical church along with two other Protestant churches was allowed in Roman Catholic areas after the 1648 Peace of Westphalia ended the Thirty Years’ War, in what was then the Holy Roman Empire.
The church itself was intended to symbolise the end of the war and religious conflict between Catholics and Protestants."
Type of publication: Internet Only
When was the article reported?: 04/22/2017
Publication: Malaymail
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News Category: Arts/Culture
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