Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Vilnius
Vilnius, Lithuania
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Located in the Antakalnis neighbourhood of Vilnius, the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul is a Baroque masterpiece designed and built by Jan Zaor of Kraków beginning in 1701 and constructed of brick. Commissioned by Michał Kazimierz Pac to commemorate a victory over the Muscovites and their expulsion from Vilnius, the church served as the centerpiece of a former monastery complex of the Canons Regular of the Lateran. Its interior is renowned for extraordinary stucco work comprising some 2,000 figures by Giovanni Pietro Perti, complemented by ornamentation by Giovanni Maria Galli—a decoration scheme considered unique in Europe. The church stands as a celebrated example of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Baroque architecture.
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Movement
- Built
- Type
- church building
- Materials
- brick
- Place
- Vilnius, Lithuania
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