St Vitus Cathedral

The Metropolitan Cathedral of Saints Vitus, Wenceslaus and Adalbert is a Catholic metropolitan cathedral in Prague, and the seat of the Archbishop of Prague. The cathedral is a prominent example of Gothic architecture, and is the largest and most important church in the country. Located within Prague Castle and containing the tombs of many Bohemian kings and Holy Roman Emperors, the cathedral is under the ownership of the Czech government as part of the Prague Castle complex. The current cathedral is the third of a series of religious buildings at the site, all dedicated to St. Vitus. The design of the cathedral nods to Romanesque architecture of the Holy Roman Empire, most notably to the abbey church in Hildesheim and the Speyer Cathedral. The main tower is 102.8 m (337 ft) high, front towers 82 m (269 ft) and arch height 33.2 m (109 ft). The cathedral's dimensions are 124 m × 60 m (407 ft × 197 ft) The slender Gothic choir ambulatory and the vertical arc of the ambulatory are of Late French and clear, almost rigid, proportions.