Bazylika Wniebowzięcia NMP : plac Kościeszy-Kosmowskiego 8, 62-240 Trzemeszno, Poland

The basilica in Trzemeszno is considered one of the most valuable religious monuments in Greater Poland. According to legend, it was here that the body of St. Adalbert was laid to rest in 997, before departing for Gniezno. It's definitely …

Initially built in the Romanesque style, it was rebuilt in the Gothic style, and then rebuilt and expanded again in the second half of the 18th century at the initiative of Abbot Michał Kosmowski. It is a Baroque structure, with three …

Trzemeszno is associated with a legend dating back to the earliest Piast era. It was here that the body of Saint Adalbert was supposedly laid to rest after being ransomed from the Prussians by Bolesław the Brave and before being transferred to Gniezno. A sculpture of the saint—a symbolic tomb—in the altar recalls this story.