Vaduz Cathedral, Catholic cathedral in Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Vaduz Cathedral is a neo-Gothic, east-facing three-aisled hall church with a front tower, built from 1869 to 1873 to plans by Friedrich von Schmidt under architect Ignaz von Banko. The tower ends in an octagonal pointed spire with a golden cross, and the facade is stabilized by stepped buttresses. The elevated entrance portal is reached by a flight of steps; the interior has rib vaults on four columns and high-Gothic tracery windows.
Friedrich von Schmidt designed this Neo-Gothic structure, which was built in 1873 on the foundation of an earlier church. In 1997, Pope John Paul II elevated the building to cathedral status for the Archdiocese of Vaduz.
The cathedral is dedicated to St. Florinus of Remüs, a saint from the Vinschgau Valley whose bust reliquary, carved around 1520, shows him wearing a birett and holding a chalice. The Princely Crypt of the House of Liechtenstein stands directly next to the cathedral and opens to the public each year on All Saints Day, 1 November.
The church stands on a slope, so the raised entrance portal is reached only by a flight of steps with landings; the front of the building rests on a substructure with an open front. The Princely Crypt of the House of Liechtenstein lies directly beside the cathedral and opens to the public once a year, on All Saints Day, 1 November.
The 47 cm bust reliquary of St. Florin, made around 1520, shows the saint as a half-figure with a birett and chalice; a cavity in the chest was prepared to hold a relic. The high altar with statues of the four Evangelists was made by Josef Leimer in Vienna in 1873.
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