Rijeka Cathedral

For the similarly named Czech cathedral, see St. Vitus Cathedral.
St. Vitus Cathedral
St. Vitus Cathedral in Rijeka

St. Vitus
Country  Croatia
Denomination Roman Catholic
Architecture
Style Baroque
Clergy
Archbishop Ivan Devčić
Interior of the cathedral.

The St. Vitus Cathedral (Croatian: Katedrala Svetog Vida) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Rijeka, Croatia.

The Church of St. Vitus was in Middle Ages a small and one-sided, romanesque church dedicated to the patron saint and protector of Rijeka. It had a semi-circular apse behind the altar, and covered porch. With the arrival of the Jesuits in Rijeka, the Cathedral as we see it today was founded in 1638. First, it became the Jesuits' church. When the town of Rijeka became the center of the diocese, and then in 1969 the center of the archbishopric and metropolit, the representative Jesuit's Church of St. Vitus became the Cathedral of Rijeka. It’s a rotunda, which is unusual in this part of Europe, with elements of baroque and Gothic, including fine baroque statuary inside.

The cathedral is depicted on the reverse of the Croatian 100 kuna banknote, issued in 1993 and 2002.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Croatian National Bank. Features of Kuna Banknotes: 100 kuna (1993 issue) & 100 kuna (2002 issue). — Retrieved on 24 February 2010.

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Coordinates: 45°19′36″N 14°26′37″E / 45.32667°N 14.44361°E