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Archcathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Andrew, Frombork

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ478321 ↗
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Frombork Cathedral or the Archcathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Andrew (Polish: Bazylika archikatedralna Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny i św. Andrzeja we Fromborku) in Frombork, Poland, is a Roman Catholic church located in the small town of Frombork in northern Poland. Constructed between 1329 and 1388, it replaced an earlier building dating from 1288. It stands on Cathedral Hill on Cathedral Street (ul. Katedralna 8).

The basilica is on Poland's official national Historic Monuments List (Pomnik historii), designated on 16 September 1994. It comes under the National Heritage Board of Poland.

History

The original cathedral, completed in 1288, was a timber structure. It was called Ecclesia Warmiensis, indicating that it was the main diocesan building.

In 1329, erection began of a brick and stone church and lasted until 1388, giving rise to the present cathedral.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Archcathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Andrew, Frombork” as cathedral. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Archcathedral, Basilica and Assumption.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1329, 1388, 1288, 1994—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1388. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Archcathedral, Basilica and Assumption providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Archcathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Andrew, Frombork”, the useful work is to connect “cathedral” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q478321. VIAF identifies the subject as 128334444. The Library of Congress control number is n2019018189. Authority coordinates are 54.357, 19.682. 4 of 5 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1329, 1388, 1288 and 1994.

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This entry incorporates text from “Archcathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Andrew, Frombork” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.