St. Michael Cathedral (Veszprém)
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The Cathedral of St. Michael in the Hungarian city of Veszprém is the episcopal church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Veszprém .
History and architecture
On the site of today's church there was a Michael’s church as early as 1001 , which is mentioned in the documents of the territorial abbey of Pannonhalma . The cathedral was destroyed by several fires, but was rebuilt again and again. In the 18th century, the church, which is characterized by Romanesque and Gothic , was thoroughly restored. The baroque elements added at this time were removed again during the restoration from 1907 to 1910. Since then displays the three-aisled, cruciform basilica in the choir gothic, in the long - and transept predominantly Neo-Romanesque character. The western twin towers were also raised by a few meters and returned to the Romanesque style. Numerous picture windows with depictions of saints adorn the building. The central nave is closed off by a flat wooden coffered ceiling .
In the 18th and 19th centuries the cathedral was an important center of the music of Transdanubia . Works by famous European composers such as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Joseph Haydn and Ludwig van Beethoven were played here shortly after their first performances.
In 1981 Pope John Paul II raised the cathedral to the rank of minor basilica . In 1993 it became the Metropolitan Cathedral . In 1996 she received relics of Queen Gisela (ung. Gizella) from the Niedernburg monastery , who is considered to be the founder of the church.
Web links
- seeuinhungary.com (English)
- seh2013.org (English)
Coordinates: 47 ° 5 ′ 49.6 ″ N , 17 ° 54 ′ 10.2 ″ E