Place · Cathedral
St Vitus Cathedral
Gothic cathedral within Prague Castle, the largest church in the Czech Republic, holding the tombs of Bohemian kings.
- Location
- Prague, Czech Republic
- Building
- Cathedral (archdiocesan see), within Prague Castle
- Tradition
- Roman Catholic
- Religious use
- In use as the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Prague (owned by the Czech state).
- Official website
- St Vitus Cathedral (official website, opens another site)
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Overview
The seat of the Archbishop of Prague and the country’s most important church, it contains the tombs of many Bohemian kings and Holy Roman Emperors. The building is owned by the Czech state as part of Prague Castle.
History
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- Documented
It is the third church on the site dedicated to St Vitus. The first was a Romanesque rotunda founded around 930 by Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia, who had acquired a relic of the saint.
- Documented
The present Gothic cathedral was begun in 1344. It has been dedicated to Saints Vitus, Wenceslaus and Adalbert since 1997.
Sources
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Reference work · Read in a build session
St. Vitus Cathedral — Wikipedia (English)
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Reference work · Read in a build session
Wikidata item Q5949 (St. Vitus Cathedral) — Wikidata
Read on 28 Oct 2026: instance of, religion, diocese, coordinates and official website.