Vladimir's only catholic church - the Holy Rosary Catholic Church - was built between 1892 and 1894 in the Russian gothic style. In 1930 the church was closed and during the Soviet period its bell tower was used as a radio transmitter and in the 1970s its building was used as an exhibition hall. It was returned to the Catholic Church In 1992 and became part of the recently established Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Moscow.