St. Peter's Cathedral in Geneva

La San Pedro Cathedral Geneva is better known as the church where John Calvin He gave his inspiring sermons during the mid-16th century, but he has other attractions too. The imposing Romanesque-Gothic church with a neoclassical façade still dominates the international Swiss city center.

History
The site of St. Peter's Cathedral has been occupied since at least the XNUMXth century, which you can see for yourself on a tour of the archaeological site below.

Excavations have revealed the remains of two quarter-century Christian shrines, mosaic floors from the late Roman Empire, portions of the first three churches, and an 11th-century crypt under the present cathedral.

The first Romanesque cathedral on the site was built in 1000. Construction of the current building began in 1160 and lasted 150 years, by which time the Romanesque architecture had acquired Gothic touches. La Chapelle des Macchabees was added in 1397.

St. Peter's Catholic Cathedral was converted to a Protestant church in 1536. John Calvin preached here from 1536 to 1564, and the cathedral became the governing center of Protestantism. Like reformers across Europe, Calvin's followers stripped Geneva Cathedral of its altars, statues, paintings, and furniture. Only the stained glass remained.


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