Osijek Cathedral

by Jasna Dragun

Title

Osijek Cathedral

Artist

Jasna Dragun

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Photograph - Photography And Digital Art

Description

Osijek (Croatia) cathedral of commissioned the building of the then Bishop of Djakovo and Srijem, Josip Juraj Strossmayer. It is the year 1866 gave the first impetus for the construction of a new church. Then, at the site of the present church, was Upper town parish church from 1732 that has become too small and nondescript church for new buildings in Osijek. Patron of the church, the city of Osijek, in 1870 found a way of getting money to build a new church. However, the process was very slow, until the arrival of the new parish priest Josip Horvat. After his arrival process was accelerated, and in 1892 a tender for the draft. The tender was won by a German architect Franz Langenberg. In 1894 the old church was torn down, and then started to build today's Co-Cathedral, a magnificent neo-Gothic building with a tower 94 meters high and three naves. The total area of ​​the church is 1062 m/2. In 1898 the church was completed from the outside, and the interior decoration continued. Two years later (1900) the dedication of the present church was carried out by Bishop Josip Juraj Strossmayer.

The interior is finished 1938 to 1942 when the leading Croatian painter Mirko Racki covered the walls and ceilings with frescoes of bright colors that depict famous episodes from the Old and New Testaments.

The interior is a treasure trove neo-Gothic ornamentation, with a sequence of top altar, above which are abundant stained-glass windows.

Entrance to the church through the back door to the right of the main portal, overseeing three gargoyles.

During the Homeland War, in 1991, concathedral was more than 100 times directly hit by missiles. However, during the war in the Con-Cathedral were performed worship. Until 18 June 2008 this is concathedral was only parish church of St. Peter and Paul in Osijek, popularly known as the "cathedral", but establishing the Djakovo-Osijek Archdiocese, the church received the dignity of Co-Cathedral.

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November 26th, 2015

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