Sts. Apostles Peter and Paul Church (Downtown, Warsaw)

The Sts. Apostles Peter and Paul Church (Polish: Kościół Świętych Apostołów Piotra i Pawła) is a modernist Roman Catholic parish church in Warsaw, Poland, located within the Downtown district. It is placed at 18 Plater Street, at the corner with Wspólna Street, within the neighbourhood of South Downtown. The original church, designed by Edward Cichocki in the Romanesque Revival style, was built between 1983 and 1886. It was destroyed in 1944. The current building, designed by Stanisław Marzyński, was built between 1946 and 1957, and consecrated in 1979. It is placed on the voivodeship heritage list. The church is dedicated to Saint Peter and Saint Paul, who, in the Christian theology, were the apostles who spread the teachings of Jesus Christ in the first-century AD. Saint Peter was also the first Pope, the leader of the Catholic Church.