Archaeological research conducted in the Poznań cathedral after World War II allowed the discovery of traces and remains of the oldest Polish cathedral, St. Peter, Bishop of Jordan. The article synthetically describes the results of excavations conducted in 1946-1956 and is an attempt to recreate the original, pre-Romanesque building. The first cathedral, built around 968, was a three-nave basilica with an area of, among others, about 1000 m2 and 49 m long. Although the walls were destroyed - especially at the turn of the 15th century. — the general floor plan and structure of the building can be recreated. The square choir was closed with a semicircular apse and flanked on the sides by rectangular annexes, slightly wider than the side aisles. The central part of this three-part building had the same height as the main nave, while the side parts increased the height of the nave in the form of two symmetrical towers. The western one, dating from around 968, was rebuilt before 1034-1038. The cathedral was destroyed during the invasion of Grosspollen by the Czech prince Bretislav. Remains of floors and graves have been preserved from the original interior. Two tombstones (or rather their broken remains) are noteworthy and can be described as mausoleums.
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