Saint Peter and Paul Cathedral, Paramaribo

The Cathedral-Basilica of Saint Peter and Paul, also called Saint Peter and Paul Cathedral (Dutch: Sint-Petrus-en-Pauluskathedraal), is a wooden Roman Catholic cathedral located in the centre of the capital city of Paramaribo, Suriname.

The Catholic congregation in the city originally used a church adapted in 1826 from a Dutch Jewish theatre built in 1809.

A poorly done restoration was completed in 1977, but the building began to fall into disrepair, encountering problems with tilting and termites.

With help of European Union-funding, formal restoration of the cathedral began in 2007 and, after three years, the church was re-opened on November 13, 2010.

The Saint Peter and Paul Cathedral is the largest wooden structure in the Western Hemisphere.

This makes the cathedral the biggest and tallest wooden structure in the Western Hemisphere.