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The Church of the Holy Spirit is the major
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The site of the present church used to be occupied by a wooden church, following the form a Latin cross, erected in 1638, when
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architectural elements were added to the church, but it nevertheless retained its essentially
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and dome enhanced its magnificence, as did the addition of deep blue and green interior decor. Unusual in an
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After a fire gutted the wooden church in the 18th century, a stone church was erected in 1749–1753 in the
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