{"id":21424,"date":"2025-08-19T19:36:36","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T17:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.amber.com.pl\/?post_type=bursztynowy-szlak&#038;p=21424"},"modified":"2025-12-02T20:42:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T19:42:09","slug":"the-amber-altar-in-st-bridgets-basilica","status":"publish","type":"bursztynowy-szlak","link":"https:\/\/amber.com.pl\/en\/bursztynowy-szlak\/bursztynowy-oltarz-w-bazylice-sw-brygidy\/","title":{"rendered":"Amber Altar in the Basilica of St Brigid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The altar was designed by Professor Stanis\u0142aw Radwa\u0144ski and Mariusz Drapikowski. In addition to the altar, visitors can also see other contemporary sacred works of art made of amber, including a monstrance, chalices, ciboria, and other sacred vessels. The entire collection is a kind of votive offering by the Gda\u0144sk amber artisans, made, among other things, for Poles regaining their freedom after the events of 1980 and 1989.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amber Monstrance \u2013 a fragment of the Amber Altar. Photo: Grzegorz Mehring \/ www.gdansk.pl<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The most noteworthy thing to see in this church is the Amber Altarpiece. Ultimately, it is to be the largest work of amber in the world, much larger than the Amber Chamber. Currently, you can see the central part of the altar made of amber, the amber robe of the image of the Virgin Mary, as well as interesting elements of the supporting structure and accompanying sculptures.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":21425,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"slim_seo":{"title":"Bursztynowy O\u0142tarz w Bazylice \u015bw. Brygidy - Amber Portal","description":"The Amber Altar is the main highlight of this church. It is intended to be the largest amber work in the world, significantly larger than the Amber"}},"typ-miejsca":[219],"class_list":["post-21424","bursztynowy-szlak","type-bursztynowy-szlak","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","typ-miejsca-koscioly"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amber.com.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bursztynowy-szlak\/21424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amber.com.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bursztynowy-szlak"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amber.com.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/bursztynowy-szlak"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amber.com.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amber.com.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"typ-miejsca","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amber.com.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typ-miejsca?post=21424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}