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.