This church in Gdansk is the biggest brick gothic church in the world…
Brick…
About 4 mln bricks were made to build this Merchant Cathedral, and about 137 thousand roof tiles were made to cover its roofs… And it took 159 years to complete the work. The local story says it was built for 25 thousand people. Some say it’s impossible as Gdansk did not have so many at that time.
Often a question is posed – why would they have built such a huge church. The answer is simple – why not …
Definitely we can say one: Gdansk’s art of showing off was brought to perfection several times. One of the times was when St. Mary’s was built.
