EuroTripping – Vienna Church Details

This past summer, we stayed for a few days in Vienna during our European Pretzel.

While there, we wandered by a number of the many churches and even popped into a couple of them. I do enjoy some of the architectural details of these buildings (domes and doors, towers and windows — not to mention the gargoyles) and the artistry found therein.

Here are some shots of churches and their details taken while in Vienna back at the end of June.

St Charles Borromeo Cemetery Church in the Zentralfriedhof
The Votive Church
The Jesuit Church, aka University Church
A door of St Othmar’s
Inside the Jesuit Church
A reminder not to forget to turn around and look behind you
Pew details
The painted ceiling by Andrea Pozzo gives the illusion of a dome
Ceiling fresco inside the old Jesuit library, painted by Anton Hertzog in 1734
Looking at the entire fresco
Gargoyles decorating the tower of St Othmar
Looking up at a tower of St Stephen’s Cathedral
Roof and window details
Trying to fit the entire cathedral into a wide-angle shot
Symmetry
Pipe organ pipes inside the cathedral
Pipe organ pipes inside the Minoritenkirche
A life-sized mosaic copy of The Last Supper, by Giacomo Raffaelli, was commissioned by Napoleon I and purchased by Francis II of Austria (it weighs 20 tons)
Inside the Church of Mariahilf, alter by JG Dorfmeister
Ceiling in the Church of Mariahilf, frescoes by Johann Hauzinger and Franz Xaver Strattmann
Looking up in the Zentralfriedhof
More looking up in the Zentralfriedhof
Last look at the Cemetery Church of St Charles Borromeo

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