St. Vitus Cathedral

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Gothic cathedral Roman Catholic church building cathedral landmark tourist attraction

St. Vitus Cathedral is a monumental Gothic cathedral within Prague Castle, renowned as a spiritual symbol of the Czech state and the traditional coronation and burial site of Bohemian kings and Holy Roman Emperors.

Aliases (2)

St. Vitus Cathedral, Prague ×1
St. Wenceslas Chapel ×1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Gothic cathedral → Roman Catholic church building → cathedral → landmark → tourist attraction →
architect	Josef Kranner NERFINISHED → Josef Mocker → Kamil Hilbert → Matthias of Arras → Peter Parler →
architecturalStyle	Gothic architecture → Neo-Gothic architecture →
completionDate	1929 →
constructionStart	1344 →
contains	Crown Chamber with the Bohemian Crown Jewels → Golden Gate (southern portal) → Great South Tower → St. Wenceslas Chapel → rose window on the western facade → stained glass windows by Alfons Mucha → tomb of Bohemian kings → tomb of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor → tomb of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor → tomb of Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor → tomb of Saint Wenceslaus → tomb of Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia →
country	Czech Republic →
dedicatedTo	Saint Adalbert of Prague → Saint Vitus → Saint Wenceslaus →
denomination	Roman Catholic Church →
diocese	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Prague →
foundedBy	Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor → John of Bohemia (John of Luxembourg) →
function	cathedral of the Archdiocese of Prague →
hasTowerHeight	approximately 96 meters →
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of Historic Centre of Prague) →
knownFor	burial place of Bohemian kings → burial place of Holy Roman Emperors → coronation site of Bohemian kings → spiritual symbol of the Czech state →
languageOfLiturgy	Czech → Latin →
locatedIn	Bohemia → Hradčany → Prague → Prague Castle →
material	sandstone →
partOf	Prague Castle complex →
status	metropolitan cathedral →
stylePeriod	High Gothic → Late Gothic →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Anna of Bavaria → Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor → Charles of Luxembourg → Elizabeth of Pomerania → Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor → Wenceslaus I of Bohemia → Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia ("St. Vitus Cathedral, Prague") →	burialPlace
St. Vitus Cathedral ("St. Wenceslas Chapel") →	contains
Prague →	hasLandmark
Prague Castle →	hasPart
Saint Vitus →	hasSanctuary
Bohemian Crown Jewels →	location