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Cathedral St Peter and Paul the Apostle

Local name: Konkatedrala sv. Petra i Pavla Apostola

Church of Saint Peter And Saint Paul, i.e. the Co-Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, is a neo-Gothic temple built in 1894-1898. It was designed by two architects - German Franz Langenberg and Austrian Richard Jordan. The church has five altars made of colorful stone and a monumental belfry, 94 m high, which makes it the tallest building outside of Zagreb in Croatia.

The church is entered through a small door next to the main portal. The interior, capable of simultaneously accommodating 3 thousand. faithful, famous for its huge number of neo-Gothic ornaments and magnificent stained glass windows. The frescoes covering the temple's vault were created during World War II (1938-1942). Their author is Mirko Rački (1879-1982), one of the most recognizable Croatian painters of the 20th century.

It was estimated that 3.5 million bricks were used to build the church. The giant tower has four bells weighing 2665, 1552, 740 and 331 kilograms.

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    Trg Pape Ivana Pavla II 231000 Osijek , Croatia