Suwalki - Konkatedra św. Aleksandra

A village was founded by Camaldolese monks, who in 1667 were granted the area surrounding the future town by the Grand Duke of Lithuania and the King of Poland John II Casimir Vasa.

The new owners of the area started economic exploitation and development of the forests. They brought settlers to build several new villages in the area.

In 1710 Augustus II the Strong granted the village to organize fairs and markets and in 1715, Suwalki was granted town rights The inhabitants were granted civil rights and exempted from taxes for seven years.

After the Partitions of Poland in 1795, the area was annexed by Prussia. After the defeat of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna, the area was incorporated into Congress Poland (aka Russian Poland). When the Russian authorities built the Saint Petersburg–Warsaw Railway the town prospered.
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The classicist St. Alexander Church was elevated to the church to the concathedral of the Ełk diocese in 1992. The church was built in 1825 according to the project of Piotr Aigner, and rebuilt around 1845 by Henryk Marconi