The history of St Vitus Cathedral is almost as old as Prague Castle itself. The first sanctuary on the place of present St Vitus Cathedral was built by Wenceslas I, Duke of Bohemia, in 926-30 as the third church built at Prague Castle. The founder Wenceslas was also buried there. However, the church (rotunda) was destroyed by Prince Spytihnev after 1060 and replaced by a new romanesque basilica. But this basilica didn’t stay long there. On the occassion of promotion of Prague’s bishopric to archbishopric, king John of Luxemburg and later Charles IV started to built a large cathedral in gothic style.