Cathedral of St. John the Baptist
This is the oldest Catholic Church in Georgia, dating back to 1799, though the current Victorian Gothic incarnation, with its distinctive twin spires, was rebuilt in 1900 after a devastating fire (work went on for another 13 years). The whole cathedral was completely renovated between 1998 and 2000, with each of the 24 Renaissance-style murals by local artist Christopher Murphy (completed 1912), painstakingly restored, a new altar and baptismal font fashioned out of Carrara marble, and a new pulpit featuring engravings of the four evangelists (this was rebuilt in 2004 after an arson attack). Inside, you’ll also see marble railings, 1904 stained-glass windows from Austria, large carved wooden Stations of the Cross (created in Munich, Germany, and installed in 1900), and a 2,081-pipe Noack tracker organ (1987).
This is the oldest Catholic Church in Georgia, dating back to 1799, though the current Victorian Gothic incarnation, with its distinctive twin spires, was rebuilt in 1900 after a devastating fire (work went on for another 13 years). The whole cathedral was completely renovated between 1998 and 2000, with each of the 24 Renaissance-style murals by local artist Christopher Murphy (completed 1912), painstakingly restored, a new altar and baptismal font fashioned out of Carrara marble, and a new pulpit featuring engravings of the four evangelists (this was rebuilt in 2004 after an arson attack). Inside, you’ll also see marble railings, 1904 stained-glass windows from Austria, large carved wooden Stations of the Cross (created in Munich, Germany, and installed in 1900), and a 2,081-pipe Noack tracker organ (1987).
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