page_title: Cathedral of Petrópolis
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Cathedral of Petrópolis / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Catedral de Petrópolis or Catedral de São Pedro de Alcântara (St. Peter of Alcantara Cathedral) is located in Petrópolis, near Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil. Español: La Catedral de San Pedro de Alcántara en Petrópolis, Brasil, cerca de Rio de Janeiro, está dedicada al santo patrón de la Monarquía brasileña, y es uno de los edificios que conforman la denominada Ciudad Imperial de Petrópolis. Français&#160;: La cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Alcântara (catedral de São Pedro de Alcântara) se situe dans la ville de Petrópolis, dans une région montagneuse de l’État de Rio de Janeiro au Brésil. La cathédrale est consacrée à saint Pierre de Alcântara, saint patron de la ville et de la monarchie brésilienne. Português: A Catedral de São Pedro de Alcântara localiza-se em Petrópolis, cidade serrana no Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. É dedicada a São Pedro de Alcântara, padroeiro da cidade e da Monarquia Brasileira.
context_page_description: The Cathedral of Saint Peter of Alcantara, also known as the Cathedral of Petrópolis, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Petrópolis, Brazil, dedicated to the city's patron saint, Peter of Alcantara. The cathedral is also the resting place of the last Emperor of Brazil, Dom Pedro II, and his family.
  The construction on the Gothic Revival style church began in 1884, and was completed in 1925. The church tower was built in 1969.
context_section_description: Originally, the mother church of Petrópolis was a modest building located in front of the Imperial Palace but the construction of a new one on the same site was proposed in the urbanization plan of Petrópolis, dated 1843, produced by Major Júlio Frederico Koeler.
  In the 1870s the construction of the new church was reconsidered, thanks to the interest of Emperor Pedro II and his daughter, Isabel, Princess Imperial. In 1871 the construction of a new Matrix was officially sanctioned but it would be slow to materialize. In 1876 the Italian architect Federico Roncetti presented a plan in Renaissance Revival architecture that was refused.
  The current building of the cathedral only began in 1884. The project was commissioned from the Bahian engineer and architect Francisco Caminhoá, who designed a Neo-Gothic style building, very fashionable at the time, especially inspired by the old cathedrals of northern France. The work was carried out by the contractor Manuel Pereira Jerônimo, son of one of the first families to settle in the city, coming from Pico Island in the Azores.
  The construction of the cathedral did not stop after the Proclamation of the Republic and continued until 1901 when the works enter a period of paralysis. Under the command of engineer Heitor da Silva Costa the work entered into a second phase of intense activity in 1918. Finally, on 29 November 1925, the new Cathedral of Petrópolis was inaugurated after 37 years of work. The building, however, was not complete, lacking the main façade and the tower, and much of the interior decoration. The works of the façade only began in 1929 and reached rosette level in the 1930s. The tower was built between 1960 and 1969.
  In 1920 the decree banning the Brazilian Imperial Family was annulled and in 1921 the remains of Emperor Pedro II and his wife, Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies, were brought from the Royal Pantheon of the House of Braganza in Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro, where they were housed in the old Metropolitan Cathedral. In 1925 the remains were transferred to the sacristy of the cathedral of Petrópolis. Finally, on 5 December 1939, President Getúlio Vargas and other authorities inaugurated the Imperial Mausoleum, where the Emperor and Empress were finally transferred. In 1971 Princess Isabel and her husband, Gaston, Count of Eu were buried in the mausoleum.
caption: Petrópolis Cathedral interior
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