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Mater Dolorosa (in English: Crying or Sorrowing Mother) Cemetery is a historical cemetery in Bytom, Poland. Its origins date to the 19th century, with a Neo-Gothic chapel, designed by Hugo Heer, dating from 1882. It is the most important cemetery in the city, and has been designed as a monument since 1987.
The cemetery is situated at the junction of Jainty, Kwietniewskiego and Piekarska streets, Mater Dolorosa Cemetery is Bytom's most important necropolis.
Its monuments have been recorded in a video 'walking tour'.
During a 2009 vote the cemetery was voted as one of the "Seven Architectural Wonders of the Silesian Voivodeship."