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Sint-Petrus-en-Pauluskathedraal

Address: 22-24 Henck Arronstraat
Hours: Open now · closes 1:30 pm
Weekly hours
Mon 6 am–1:30 pm
Tue 6 am–1:30 pm
Wed 6 am–1:30 pm
Thu 6 am–1:30 pm
Fri 6 am–1:30 pm
Sat 8 am–1 pm
Sun 8:30 am–noon
Phone: +597 472 521
Website: kathedraalsuriname.org (opens in a new tab)

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St. Peter and Paul Cathedral
This Roman Catholic cathedral is one of the biggest wooden structures on the entire American continent. Building started in 1883 and the church was consecrated two years later. The towers were not finished before 1901 though, and the characteristic yellow and grey painting of the outside was done only in 1926. The design of the church was inspired by the Redemptorist church in Roosendaal and the (then new) Basilica and Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Boston, while the interior, carried out in unpainted cedar wood, was a Surinamese design. Poor restoration efforts were undertaken in the late 1970s, leaving the building in need of new repairs shortly after. Finally, termite damage and severe tilting led to the closure of the cathedral in 1989 for safety reasons. The Vatican provided some funds for initial repairs in the mid 1990s and after fundraising efforts and a large EU grant, thorough restorations were carried out between 2007 and 2010. The cathedral was re-opened for the public in that year. Only the large organ, of which most of the pipes had been stolen, is still a work in progress.
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