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in it a certain resemblance to the dome of the sister-city of Breslau, which may be explained by the fact that Bishop Nanker, after having laid the foundation for the new cathedral building became, in a few years (1326), Bishop of Breslau, and continued the building of the cathedral which had been begun there.
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19. WAWEL CATHEDRAL (SOUTH SIDE).
The chevet of the choir is rectangular, as in the Dominicans' church; it has a low-roofed ambulatory round it, which is a continuation of the side-aisles. In 1712 this was rebuilt and made higher. Along the sides there is a long row of chapels symmetrically arranged. The building of the choir lasted from 1322 to 1346. The great work was begun by Bishop Nanker, who
