Katedrála Sv. Petra a Pavla / Cathedral of Ss. Peter and Paul (Brno - South Moravia)
N 49° 11.459 E 016° 36.442
33U E 617114 N 5449930
Slender Gothic towers of Cathedral of Ss. Peter and Paul (Katedrála Sv. Petra a Pavla), the principal Roman Catholic church of Moravian metropolis Brno, assigns the key historic & architectonic landmark of the 2nd biggest city in the Czech Republic.
Waymark Code: WMBC2C
Location: Jihomoravský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 05/03/2011
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Slender Gothic towers of Cathedral of Ss. Peter and Paul (Katedrála Sv. Petra a Pavla), the principal Roman Catholic church of Moravian metropolis Brno, assigns the key historic & architectonic landmark of the 2nd biggest city in the Czech Republic. The cathedral is seat of the Bishop of Brno.
According to the latest research, beginnings of the church in Petrov hill in Brno go back to the 1170's. Later it was rebuilt in Gothic style and around 1500, during one of several reconstructions, its title of St. Peter was extended to Ss. Peter and Paul. During the Thirty Years' War the church burned out and its interior was renewed in the Baroque style (1651-1652 and 1743-1746).
In 1296 a collegiate chapter was established by the church and when Pope Pius VI established the Diocese of Brno in 1777, the church of Ss. Peter and Paul was elevated to cathedral.
After an archaeological research in 1990's a Romanesque-Gothic crypt was opened for public. In 2005 permanent exposition called "Cathedral Treasury" was started. People can see there liturgical vestments, monstrances, chalices and other things that had been deposited before. The treasury is thus another place available for visitors of Petrov, beside Romance crypt and two towers that offer view of the city and of Pálava hills.