Basilica of Our Lady of the Angels in Kalwaria Zebrzydowska

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The Basilica of Our Lady of the Angels in Kalwaria Zebrzydowska is a prominent Baroque pilgrimage church in southern Poland, renowned as the spiritual center of the Kalwaria Zebrzydowska sanctuary and a major Marian devotion site.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque church building
Roman Catholic church
basilica minor
pilgrimage church
architecturalStyle Baroque
associatedWith Marian devotional routes
Passion of Christ devotional routes
country Poland
dedicatedTo Blessed Virgin Mary
Our Lady of the Angels
followsRite Latin Rite
hasCulturalSignificance important Marian shrine in Poland
site of national and regional pilgrimages
hasFunction parish church
pilgrimage shrine
hasPilgrimageSeason Feast of the Assumption of Mary
Holy Week
major Marian feast days
hasReligiousAffiliation Roman Catholic Church
hasTourismType cultural tourism
religious tourism
heritageDesignation Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Architectural and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park
UNESCO World Heritage Site component
isComponentOf Kalwaria Zebrzydowska pilgrimage park landscape
isMajorSiteOf Catholic pilgrimage
Marian devotion
isSpiritualCenterOf Kalwaria Zebrzydowska sanctuary
locatedIn Kalwaria Zebrzydowska
Lesser Poland Voivodeship NERFINISHED
southern Poland
locatedInDiocese Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kraków
locatedNear Kraków
notableFor Baroque architecture
Marian cult image veneration
role in Polish Catholic pilgrimage traditions
partOf Kalwaria Zebrzydowska park and pilgrimage complex
Kalwaria Zebrzydowska sanctuary
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1999
usedFor Mass
processions
religious retreats


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