Olive Cathedral

Olive Cathedral is an ancient Catholic church of the twelfth century, once belonging to the monastic order of the Cistercians. The cathedral is located in the Polish city of Gdansk, in the historical district of Oliva, after which the church was named.

The first building of the Cathedral of Olives was erected in 1186, but it did not stand for a long time - the Cistercian monastery often suffered from Prussian raids, during which the church was repeatedly destroyed and burned. As a result, in 1350 the building was rebuilt from stone. Gothic was chosen as an architectural style. In this form, the Olive Cathedral exists to this day.

The cathedral is a powerful, beautiful building with two towers, each 46 meters high. The cathedral is 107 meters long – even today it is one of the longest Catholic churches in the world. The interior of Olive Cathedral is also very beautiful: inside the building there are 23 ancient marble altars in the Rococo style, which are of great historical and cultural value. And the main decoration of the cathedral is an 18th century organ created by Johann Wilhelm Wulf.