St. Peter and St. Paul's Church

Local nameŠv. apaštalų Petro ir Povilo bažnyčia
LocationVilnius

The Church of St. Peter and St. Paul is a Roman Catholic church located in the Antakalnis neighbourhood of Vilnius, Lithuania. It is the centerpiece of a former monastery complex of the Canons Regular of the Lateran. Its interior has masterful compositions of some 2,000 stucco figures by Giovanni Pietro Perti and ornamentation by Giovanni Maria Galli and is unique in Europe. The church is considered a masterpiece of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Baroque. It was funded by Michał Kazimierz Pac, commemorating a victory over the Muscovites and their expulsion from Vilnius after six years of occupation.

Tags Roman CatholicBaroque ArchitecturePlace of WorshipCatholicChristianCathedralChurch
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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_St._Peter_and_St._Paul,_Vilnius

Email ppbaznycia@gmail.com

Phone +370 5 234 0229

Address Antakalnio g. 1, Vilnius 10312, Lithuania

Coordinates 54°41'38.818" N 25°18'22.322" E

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