312 CENTRAL EASTERN EUROPE
For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp328–9 and pp330–31
Main entrancePilasters
decorate
the façade.Interior
The walls, windows and vault are decorated with
stucco ornamentation – figurative, floral and geo-
metric – by artists Giovanni Rossi and Tornini.
Main Façade
The impressive
twin towered
façade, divided
by protruding
cor nices, is deco-
rated with stat ues
of various saints,
including Sts
Joachim, Anna,
and Elizabeth.Main Portal
The inscription in Latin above the
entrance refers to Count Miklós
Esterházy, the cathedral’s founder.
Figures of the apostles
fill the niches on the south
side of the church.Trnava: Cathedral of St John the Baptist
Katedrálny Chrám šv Jána Krstiteľa
The first monumental Baroque
structure in Slovakia and one of the
largest and most impres sive religious
buildings, the Cathedral of St John the
Baptist was constructed between 1629
and 1637. The building, intended as
a church for the Jesuit-run university,
was founded by Count Miklós
Esterházy. It has an ornamented
Italianate inte rior with oval frescoes
and wooden altar pieces. From 1777,
when the univer sity was moved to
Buda in Hungary, the church was
used by war veterans.