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contains a detailed copy of this masterpiece. This one-third scale copy is the largest and most detailed work of its kind, and was commissioned in 2003 as a tribute to the immigrants from the former
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are completely opened. The realistically sculptured figures are 2.7 m (more than 12 ft.) high; each one was carved out of a tree trunk of
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that the revered altarpiece was hidden there. The altarpiece survived the war in spite of heavy bombardment of
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wood. When closed, the panels show 12 scenes of the life of Jesus and Mary.
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region of southeastern Poland who founded the parish in 1893.
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