St. John’s Cathedral was originally built in the 14th Century and is Warsaw's oldest church.

The last King of Poland, Stanislaw August Poniatowski was both crowned and buried here and the crypt is also the resting place for a number of political and public figures.

The cathedral, like much of Warsaw's Old Town, was destroyed during the latter stages of the 2nd World War. It was rebuilt with a gothic facade and the interior contains some beautiful side chapels, memorials and intricately carved choir stalls, copies of the ones commisioned by Jan III Sobieski in the 17th Century.

On an outer wall is a track from the radio-contolled tank that took part in the destruction of the cathedral during the Warsaw uprising.

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