CNA Staff, Feb 11, 2021 / 04:15 am
The world's largest Gothic altarpiece is once again dazzling visitors to a Catholic basilica in Poland following a six-year restoration project.
Scaffolding was cleared away this month after conservators concluded their work on the wooden altarpiece at St. Mary's Basilica in Kraków, which features more than 200 sculpted figures.
The Bavarian sculptor Veit Stoss created the vast altarpiece depicting the Dormition and Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary between 1477 and 1489.
The basilica announced the completion of the restoration works in a Feb. 1 update on its website. There will be an act of thanksgiving on Aug. 15, the feast of the Assumption.