Church of Saints Peter and Paul: A Baroque Parish Church in Bratislava
Site at a Glance
- Rating
- 4.6
- Popularity
- Medium
- Country
- Slovakia
- Primary era
- Modern
- External website
- Open
- Eras represented
- Modern
- Civilizations
- Austrian Empire, Habsburg, Hungarian
- Site type
- Religious
- Remains
- Church
History
The Church of Saints Peter and Paul is a Roman Catholic parish church in Záhorská Bystrica, a borough of Bratislava, Slovakia. The Baroque church is dedicated to Peter and Paul, leading figures in early Christianity traditionally known as apostles. It belongs to the Bratislava Archdiocese, the Bratislava-Sever deanery, and the Western ecclesiastical province.
A smaller church stood on the site in the first half of the fourteenth century. Work on the present stone church began in 1803, and worship started there in 1805 while construction was still underway. Alexius Jordánsky, an auxiliary bishop of Esztergom, an assistant to the bishop responsible for a diocese, solemnly consecrated the church on 31 August 1834. The feast day of Saints Peter and Paul is 29 June.
The church is designated a Slovak National Cultural Monument, with its registration dated 11 December 1985.
Remains
The stone building follows the Baroque style, known for elaborate forms and ornament. The church and its main worship hall are each listed as 20.8 m long and 10.7 m wide. The sanctuary, the area around the altar, measures 10.46 m long, 8.3 m wide, and 15 m high. A single tower rises to a stated height of 40 m.
Identified architectural features include the western façade and an entrance portal. A triumphal arch, an arch marking a division within a church, bears the coat of arms of the Károlyi family, a Hungarian noble family.
