Visitors enter the cathedral through the portal in the western facade, opposite the passage-way between the Second and Third Courtyards of Prague Castle.
Its interior was subjected to adaptations even in later years. The cathedral was solemnly consecrated in 1929. Vitus Cathedral began the repair of the original part and the completion of the building of the cathedral in Neo-Gothic style. It was not until the latter half of the 19th century that the Union for the Completion of the Building of St. The facade of the cathedral was provisionally closed. The main steeple was crowned with a Renaissance helmet and the music choir was built. In spite of the endeavours of some sovereigns to secure the continuation of the construction work the cathedral remained uncompleted for whole centuries. Wenceslas Chapel, the Golden Portal and the lower part of the main steeple. Its first builders, Matthias of Arras and later Peter Parler, built the chancel with a ring of chapels, St. In 1344 Charles IV began the construction of a Gothic cathedral. Vitus chapter, which later became an important cultural and administrative institution. The importance of the cathedral grew especially after the establishment of the Prague bishopric in 973 and the founding of the body of canons - the St. About the year 925 Prince Vaclav I founded a Romanesque rotunda here which after 1060 was converted into a basilica with three naves and two steeples. The cathedral is the third church consecrated to the same saint on the identical site.
The cathedral is a place of interment of remains of provincial patron saints, sovereigns, noblemen and archbishops. Apart from religious services the coronations of Czech kings and queens also took place in here. Vitus Cathedral is the largest and the most important temple in Prague.
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