Atop Petrov Hill Metal Print

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The Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul in Brno, Czech Republic.
The name in Czech is Katedrala svateho Petra a Pavla or just Petrov. If you ask any Brno resident where Petrov is he will guide you.
The history of Petrov is quite rich and its origins dates back to the 1170s. In the Gothic period the church was rebuilt several times. In one of the reconstructions, around 1500, the original consecration to St. Peter was added to by the consecration to St. Paul. In 1296 a collegiate chapter was established at the church. During the Thirty Years’ War the church burnt down and was newly built in two Baroque periods, 1651-52 and 1743-46. When Pope Pius VI confirmed the establishing of the Brno diocese in 1777, the Church of St. Peter and Paul was promoted to a cathedral.

The cathedral had 21 altars at the end of the 15th century. The cathedral was damaged in the year 1643 during the Swedish siege, and was burned down. Between 1743 and 1748 the aisle was re-designed into the shape...

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