Peter and Paul Cathedral (Duala)
The Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul ( English Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul , French Cathédrale Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul ) or Cathedral of Duala for short is the main church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese built in 1936 during the colonial period in French Cameroon Duala . The building, which is still in use today, is located in the Akwa district of the Cameroonian city Duala and is dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul .
The foundation stone of the cathedral was laid on August 6, 1933 in the presence of Graudin, the apostolic prefect of Ubangi-Shari, and Le Mailloux and Michel, representatives of the governor of the Littoral province . The church was built by Spiritaner brothers and is a legacy of the Pallottines : when it was consecrated on March 22, 1936, it replaced the first church building in Duala, which was built by the Pallottines in 1898 in what was then the German protected area of Cameroon , which is no longer preserved today. The Pallottines left Cameroon when the patrons of the German Empire were driven out by the French in 1914 during the First World War ; in their place came the French Spiritans in 1916.
The columns and domes of the cathedral church give it a Byzantine appearance, with the building also combining neo-Romanesque architectural elements, including its portal. The pointed gable front is flanked by the two twin church towers. In 2006 the building was part of the urban art project doual'art by Sandrine Dole.
Web links
- Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Douala Ville d'art et d'histoire , doual'art, Duala 2006.
Coordinates: 4 ° 2 ′ 39.5 " N , 9 ° 41 ′ 33.7" E