Cathedral of Ss. Peter and Paul / Katedrála Sv. Petra a Pavla - Brno, Czech Republic
N 49° 11.459 E 016° 36.442
33U E 617114 N 5449930
This 10 Czech crown coin is depicting Cathedral of Ss. Peter and Paul, the symbol and key landmark of the 2nd biggest city in the Czech Republic and also Moravian metropolis Brno...
Waymark Code: WME1BE
Location: Jihomoravský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 03/20/2012
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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.