Osijek Co-cathedral

Osijek Co-cathedral
Church of St Peter and St Paul
45°33′38″N 18°40′34″E / 45.5606367°N 18.6760604°E / 45.5606367; 18.6760604
Location	Osijek
Country	Croatia
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Website	www.svpetaripavao.hr
Architecture
Architect(s)	Franz Langenberg [1]
Style	Neo-Gothic
Completed	1898
Specifications
Spire height	94 m
Materials	brick and stone

The Church of St Peter and St Paul (Croatian: Crkva svetog Petra i Pavla), commonly referred to as the Osijek Co-cathedral (Croatian: Osječka konkatedrala), is a neo-Gothic co-cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Đakovo-Osijek, located in Osijek, Croatia. The multi-tiered 94-metre spire is one of the city's landmarks. The church was built in 1898 on the initiative of the Bishop of Đakovo Josip Juraj Strossmayer.^[2]

The church is entered via two small doors to the side of the main portal, overlooked by a trio of gargoyles. The interior is a treasure trove of neo-Gothic ornamentation, with a succession of pinnacled altars overlooked by exuberant stained glass windows. The interior was finished off in 1938–1942 when leading Croatian painter Mirko Rački covered the walls and ceilings with brightly coloured frescoes illustrating famous episodes from the Old and New Testaments.

Masses are held daily at 07:00 and 18:30, and on Sundays at 06:30, 07:30, 08:30, 10:00, 11:30 and 18:30.

• This is the tallest building in Slavonia.
• Capacity of the church during the mass is over 3000 people.
• The church is built of three and a half million bricks, and has a colored stone altars.
• The four tower bells weigh 2665 kg, 1552 kg, 740 kg. and 331 kg.^[1]
• In 1991, during Croatian War of Independence the church was heavily damaged.

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  Older baroque church that was demolished in order to construct new neo-gothic co-cathedral
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  Construction of the co-cathedral in 1897
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  Construction of the co-cathedral in 1898
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  The top of the co-cathedral before mounting
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  Consecration of the co-cathedral on May 20, 1900
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  Co-cathedral today
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  Easter concert on the cathedral organ, 2023

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