The Cathedral of Saint Mary the Crowned is a Latin Catholic cathedral in Gibraltar. It is the primary centre of Catholic worship in the Diocese of Gibraltar.
Western façade of the Cathedral of St. Mary the Crowned.
The exterior of the Cathedral of St. Mary the Crowned. The statue of the soldier outside the cathedral is a gift from the Corps of the Royal Engineers to commemorate the formation in Gibraltar of the Company of Soldier Artificers in 1772, which later became the Royal Engineers in 1856.
Old photograph of Main Street showing part of the cathedral's façade to the left. Picture from the book Gibraltar - John L. Stoddard's Lectures (1912), by John L. Stoddard. It shows the old façade built in 1810.
Entrance to the cathedral's courtyard.
Władysław Sikorski
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Władysław Eugeniusz Sikorski was a Polish military and political leader. Before World War I, Sikorski established and participated in several underground organizations that promoted the cause of Polis
Cathedral of St. Mary the Crowned
…in Gibraltar had the right to be buried under the cathedral floor. Bishops are buried in a crypt beneath the statue of Our Lady of Europe. In 1943, Władysław Sikorski's coffin lay in state here, after his plane crashed into the sea just off Gibraltar. San Roque, Cádiz (The original statue of St Mary was moved there…
Sikorski, c. 1942
Sikorski in his youth
Sikorski in 1923
Sikorski with Marshal of France Ferdinand Foch (1923)