St. John the Baptist Cathedral, Lublin

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The Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist (Polish: Archikatedra św. Jana Chrzciciela ) or simply Lublin Cathedral in Lublin, Poland is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lublin. It was built between 1592 and 1617 as a church of the Society of Jesus.

One of the first baroque churches in Poland, it was modeled after the Chiesa del Gesù in Rome of Giovanni Maria Bernardoni. It is a three-aisled basilica with a wide nave.. It was designated cathedral in the early 19th century, and since 1992, the archdiocesan cathedral.