Rijeka Cathedral

For the similarly named Czech cathedral, see St. Vitus Cathedral.

St. Vitus Cathedral
St. Vitus Cathedral in Rijeka
St. Vitus St. Vitus
Location	Rijeka
Country	Croatia
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Architecture
Status	Cathedral
Style	Baroque
Administration
Archdiocese	Rijeka
Clergy
Archbishop	Ivan Devčić

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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.

External links

• Profile at Discover Baroque Art