Minsk is the major cultural centre of Belarus. Its first theatres and libraries were established in the middle of the 19th century. Now it has 11 theatres and 16 museums. There are 20 cinemas and 139 libraries. The Orthodox Cathedral of the Holy Spirit is actually the former church of the Bernadine convent. It was built in the simplified Baroque style in 1642-87 and went through renovations in 1741-46 and 1869. The Cathedral of the Virgin was built by the Jesuits as their monastery church in 1700-10; it overlooks the recently restored 18th-century city hall, located on the other side of the Independence Square; Two other historic churches are the cathedral of St. Joseph, formerly affiliated with the Bernardine monastery, built in 1644-52 and repaired in 1983 and the fortified church of Sts. Peter and Paul, originally built in the 1620s and recently restored, complete with its flanking twin towers. Major museums include: Belarusian Great Patriotic War Museum, Belarusian National Arts Museum, Belarusian National History and Culture Museum, Belarusian Nature and Environment Museum, Ethnography and Folklore Museum, Maksim Bahdanovich Literary Museum, Old Belarusian History Museum and the Yanka Kupala Literary Museum.