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St. Vitus Cathedral
St. Vitus Cathedral in Rijeka
St. Vitus
Country	Croatia
Denomination	Catholic
Architecture
Style	Baroque

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, romanic 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.

Coordinates: 45°19′42″N 16°26′10″E / 45.32833°N 16.43611°E / 45.32833; 16.43611

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