5242 x 3493 px | 44,4 x 29,6 cm | 17,5 x 11,6 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
15. Juli 2008
Ort:
Saint Peter and Saint Paul's Church, Antakalnis, Vilnius, Lithuania, Europe
Weitere Informationen:
St. Peter and St. Paul's Church of Vilnius is a Roman Catholic church located in Antakalnis neighbourhood of the city. Its interior, with masterful compositions of stucco mouldings by Giovanni Pietro Perti and ornamentation by Giovanni Maria Galli of Milan, is considered a Lithuanian Baroque masterpiece. The church is a basilica built on traditional cross plan with a lantern dome pouring extra light to its white interior. The freestanding columns in the main facade were used for the first time in the Lithuanian ecclesiastical architecture. The inscription around the basis of the dome (Tu es Petrus et supra hanc petram edificabo ecclesiam meam et portae inferi non praevale buntadversus eam) is the same as in the St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican. The church is decorated with over 2000 figures. The frescos are attributed to Johann Gotthard Berchhoff. Two female heads opposite the St. Augustine Chapel represent two sister nations: Poland and Lithuania.
