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St. Vitus Cathedral
St. Vitus Cathedral
	St. Vitus Cathedral in Rijeka
	; St. Vitus;
Location	Rijeka
Country	; Croatia;
Denomination	Roman Catholic
History
Status	Cathedral
Architecture
Style	Baroque
Years built	1638 (current building)
Administration
Archdiocese	Rijeka
Clergy
Archbishop	Ivan Devčić

Church in Rijeka, Croatia

Upper interior of the cathedral.

Lower interior of the cathedral.

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

In the Middle Ages, the Church of St. Vitus was 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

^ Croatian National Bank Archived May 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.. Features of Kuna Banknotes Archived May 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.: 100 kuna Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine. (1993 issue) & 100 kuna Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine. (2002 issue). — Retrieved on 24 February 2010.

External links

Profile at Discover Baroque Art

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

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[1] Croatian National Bank Archived May 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.. Features of Kuna Banknotes Archived May 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.: 100 kuna Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine. (1993 issue) & 100 kuna Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine. (2002 issue). — Retrieved on 24 February 2010.

v t e Cathedrals in Croatia
Roman Catholic Cathedrals	Bjelovar Đakovo Dubrovnik Gospić Hvar Korčula Krk Poreč Požega Rijeka Sisak Šibenik Split Trogir Varaždin Zadar Zagreb
Roman Catholic Co-cathedrals	Križevci Makarska Osijek Pula Senj
Serbian Orthodox Cathedrals	Zagreb Dalj Karlovac Jasenovac de jure (Pakrac de facto) Šibenik
Croatian Greek Catholic Cathedrals	Križevci
Croatian Greek Catholic Co-cathedrals	Zagreb

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St. Vitus Cathedral
St. Vitus Cathedral in Rijeka
St. Vitus
Location	Rijeka
Country	Croatia
Denomination	Roman Catholic
History
Status	Cathedral
Architecture
Style	Baroque
Years built	1638 (current building)
Administration
Archdiocese	Rijeka
Clergy
Archbishop	Ivan Devčić