Saints Peter and Paul Church, Pitești

Saints Peter and Paul Church

Saints Peter and Paul Church (Romanian: Biserica Sfinții Petru și Pavel) is a Roman Catholic church in Pitești, Romania, located at 11 Victoriei Street.

Initially, the parish functioned in a chapel dedicated in 1864, serving a local Catholic community drawn from various nationalities: Germans or Transylvanian Saxons, Austrians, Czechs, Poles, Italians and Hungarians. The current building was constructed in 1895-1896, and expanded in 1996. A new parish house was built between 1990 and 1996. The church has a choir and participates in cultural and charity activities. The parish has its feast day on June 29, and it is part of the Bucharest Archdiocese.[1] The building is considered a historic monument by Romania's Culture Ministry.[2]

Notes

  1. ↑ (Romanian) Enciclopedia Argeșului și Muscelului, vol. I, p. 114, at the University of Pitești site
  2. ↑ (Romanian) Lista Monumentelor Istorice 2010: Județul Argeș

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