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CITY GUIDES building a neo-Gothic church, designed by Józef Pius Dziekoński. Between 1996 and 2004 the church was restored. Source text: Wikipedia  Orthodoz Church St Nicholas St. Nicholas the Wonderworker’s Orthodox Church is on Lipowa Street. It was built in 1843 – 1846 and replaced the previous orthodox church. The building features classical architecture was erected on a Greek Cross plan in Byzantine style with a centrally situated cupola. The church bears are similarity to the Church of Saint Alexander Nevsky in St. Petersburg. It is crowned with a cupola surpassed only by a bell tower with seven bells, erected over the vestibule. The iconostasis dates back to 1844. The interior was decorated with polychrome inspired by the St. Volodymyr’s Cathedral. Since 1959 the Bialystok church has been serving as the Cathedral for the bishop of Gdansk – Bialystok diocese. From 1994 to 1998 it also served as Polish Armed Forces’ orthodox church. The church prides itself on its reliquary with relics of saint martyr Gabriel Zabludowski and the holy icon of St. Mary. Beneath the main church there is a “lower church” of St. Seraph of Sarow. The offices and administrative units of the diocese are located in the nearby buildings which also house the Orthodox Culture Centre and the Department. Monuments Town Hall The Town Hall in Bialystok was build 1745 (the central part of the building) and the tower and wings 1755-1761. Now the area near of the town hall is closed for cars and there are some café gardens. Bialystok Town hall is not so unique now. It was rebuilt after World War II. The town hall, as almost whole Bialystok’s centre, was badly damaged during World War II. 5