{"id":987,"date":"2008-11-04T22:02:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-04T22:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/blogs\/paul\/post\/Vienna-Churches-and-horses.aspx"},"modified":"2017-04-13T09:51:58","modified_gmt":"2017-04-13T16:51:58","slug":"vienna-churches-and-horses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/vienna-churches-and-horses\/","title":{"rendered":"Vienna: churches and horses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">As you&#39;ll have read last week, we were in Vienna all week teaching. This was Kimberly&#39;s first visit to the city (and country), I was in Vienna for a couple of weeks back in the late 1990s. We both had a lot of work to do over the weekend before heading&nbsp;to Barcelona for TechEd EMEA (where I&#39;m posting this from), but on Sunday we took some time off to do some sight-seeing. The main event of the day was seeing a performance of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lippizan\">Lippizan<\/a> stallions at the world-famous <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spanish_Riding_School\">Spanish Riding School<\/a>. We splurged on front-row seats which were well worth it to be right-up close as they performed. The level of control and skill of both riders and horses was amazing! <\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font size=\"2\">On Monday I didn&#39;t have as much work to do as Kimberly so I left her working in the hotel and went out wandering through the city to indulge my passion for historic architecture, and ecclesiastical architecture in particular. I&#39;m not religious at all but I love the feeling of age and antiquity you get from really old churches &#8211; and Europe is filled with ancient churches, especially Vienna. So in the space of one afternoon I managed to tour around 11 churches in central Vienna, plus the Imperial Crypt. Below I&#39;ve included some photos from my wanderings, with some notes about each of the churches I visited. Click the images for larger (1024&#215;768)&nbsp;versions. Enjoy!<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font size=\"2\">(Ok &#8211; this turned out to be a lot longer than I first thought, but was fun to put together &#8211; Wikipedia is excellent!)<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dominikanerkirche_(Vienna)\"><strong>Dominikanerkirche<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>(Dominican Church)<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font size=\"2\">This church was founded by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dominican_Order\">Dominican monks<\/a> in 1237, and enlarged extensively through the rest of the 1200s.&nbsp;The present church was built in the 1630s by Antonio Canevale, including ceiling frescoes by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carpoforo_Tencalla\">Carpoforo&nbsp;Tencalla<\/a> and Rauchmiller.<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font size=\"2\">The images below show: the High Altar; the pipe organ; the ceiling frescoes and amazing ceiling detail.<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/p1020130.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/smallp1020130.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"314\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/p1020134.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/smallp1020134.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"314\" height=\"235\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/p1020136.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/smallp1020136.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"314\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jesuitenkirche,_Vienna\"><strong>Jesuitenkirche<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>(Jesuit Church)<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font size=\"2\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jesuit\">Jesuits<\/a> moved their headquarters here in 1620s and the church was&nbsp;redesigned by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Andrea_Pozzo\">Andrea Pozzo<\/a> from 1703-5. One of the most striking features are the spiral marble columns on either side of the side-chapels. The ceiling frescoes, again by Pozzo,&nbsp;use a clever&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trompe_l%27oeil\">trompe l&#39;oeil<\/a><\/em> effect (painting images that make a two-dimensional surface look three-dimensional). In this church I was able to go into the crypt, which is still in use for burials.<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font size=\"2\">The images below show: the ceiling dome with the trompe l&#39;oeil effect; the High Altar; the spiral marble columns; down in the catacombs.<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/p1020141.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/smallp1020141.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"314\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/p1020142.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/smallp1020142.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"314\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/p1020143.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/smallp1020143.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"314\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/p1020152.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/smallp1020152.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"314\" height=\"235\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Franciscan_Church,_Vienna\">Franziskanerkirche<\/a> <\/strong>(Church of St. Jerome)<\/font>&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font size=\"2\">This church was founded by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Franciscan\">Franciscan monks<\/a> in 1603 on the site of a medieval convent. The interior is full-blown <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Baroque\">Baroque <\/a>style. The High Altar, again by Andrea Pozzo, uses the trompe l&#39;oeil effect &#8211; only the front of the structure is three-dimensional. The church contains the oldest pipe organ in Vienna, designed by Johann Wockerl in 1642.<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font size=\"2\">The images below show: the vaulted ceiling; the High Altar centerpiece; the pipe organ.<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/p1020153.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/smallp1020153.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"314\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/p1020155.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/smallp1020155.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"314\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/p1020159.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/smallp1020159.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"314\" height=\"235\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Annakirche_Wien\">Annakirche<\/a> <\/strong>(Church of St. Anne)<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font size=\"2\">There has been a chapel on this site since 1320, although the present church dates from 1629-1634 and was renovated by the Jesuits in the early 1700s. The ceiling frescoes are by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Daniel_Gran\">Daniel Gran<\/a>, as is the painting of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/St_Anne\">St. Anne<\/a> at the top of the High Altar.<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font size=\"2\">The images below show: the High Altar; the ceiling frescoes.<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/p1020161.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/smallp1020161.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"314\" height=\"235\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/p1020162.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/smallp1020162.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"314\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Malteserkirche\"><strong>Malteserkirche<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;(Church of Saint John of the T&auml;ufers)<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font size=\"2\">This church was founded in the early 1200s by the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Knights_of_malta\">Knights of Malta<\/a> who were invited to the city by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Leopold_VI\">Duke Leopold VI<\/a>. The current church is from mid-1400s, and was rebuilt in 1800s in the Baroque style, although much of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gothic_(architecture)\">Gothic<\/a> interior was retained.<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font size=\"2\">The image below shows the simple interior, common to the older Gothic style, with the High Altar.<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/p1020165.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/smallp1020165.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"314\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kapuzinerkirche\"><strong>Kapuzinerkirche<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;(Church of St. Mary of the Angels)<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font size=\"2\">This church is one of the youngest I visited, founded in 1617 by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Order_of_Friars_Minor_Capuchin\">Capuchin friars<\/a>, who traditionally look after the Kaisergruft&nbsp;under the church.<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font size=\"2\">The image below shows the church interior looking at the High&nbsp;Altar.<\/font>&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/p1020166.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/smallp1020166.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"314\" height=\"235\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kaisergruft\"><strong>Kaisergruft<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>(Imperial Crypt)<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font size=\"2\">The Imperial Crypt was founded in 1619 by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Emperor_Matthias\">Emperor Matthias<\/a> as the resting place for the remains of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Habsburg\">Hapsburg<\/a> family (the hereditary <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Holy_Roman_Empire\">Holy Roman Emperors<\/a>). The remains of 138 Hapsburgs are here, including Emperors, Empresses, Archdukes, Archduchesses, and many members of their families. The most recent burial here was in 2008.<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font size=\"2\">The images below show: an example sarcophagus; a Death&#39;s head adornment on the sarcophagus with an Imperial crown.<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/p1020173.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/smallp1020173.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"314\" height=\"235\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/p1020174.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/smallp1020174.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"314\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Augustinerkirche\"><strong>Augustinerkirche<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>(St. Augustine&#39;s Church)<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font size=\"2\">This church was built in the 1300s and has&nbsp;the best preserved Gothic church interiors in Vienna. One of the highlights is the tomb of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maria_Christina_Habsburg\">Archduchess Maria Christina<\/a>, created by Italian <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Neoclassical_architecture\">Neoclassical<\/a> sculptor <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antonio_Canova\">Antonio Canova<\/a>&nbsp;after her death in 1798. The tomb is of course empty as the remains are in the Kaisergruft.<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font size=\"2\">The images below show: looking through the Nave to the High Altar, with the fabulous Gothic interior; Maria Christina&#39;s tomb.<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/p1020182.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/smallp1020182.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"314\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/p1020183.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/smallp1020183.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"314\" height=\"235\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michaelerkirche_(Vienna)\">Michaelerkirche<\/a> <\/strong>(Church of St. Michael)<\/font>&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font size=\"2\">The earliest parts of this church date from the 1200s, and the choir dates from 1327-40. The Neoclassical&nbsp;fa&ccedil;ade&nbsp;was added in&nbsp;1792 by Ernest Koch, with the porch topped by Baroque statues by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lorenzo_Mattielli\">Lorenzo Mattielli<\/a> from earlier in the century. The inside has some great Renaissance and 14<sup>th<\/sup>-century frescoes. There&#39;s a fantastic crypt under the church which was closed when I went, unfortunately &#8211; something to do on the next trip.<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font size=\"2\">The images below show: the Neoclassical exterior of the church; one of the original doorways from 1220; the High Altar with amazing sculpture; surviving frescoes from 1350.<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/p1020192.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/smallp1020192.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"314\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/p1020200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/smallp1020200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"314\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/p1020201.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/smallp1020201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"314\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/p1020202.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/smallp1020202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"314\" height=\"235\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stephansdom\">Stephansdom<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong>(St. Stephen&#39;s Cathedral)<\/font>&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">I could write several pages on this one as there&#39;s so much to see inside and outside the Cathedral. There&#39;s been a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Romanesque_architecture\">Romanesque<\/a> church&nbsp;on the site&nbsp;since 1147, with unsubstantiated views that there&#39;s been a church there since the 800s. The only parts left of <\/font><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">the original 12<sup>th<\/sup>-century building are the two towers and the entrance (called the Heathen Towers and Giants&#39; Doorway, <\/font><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">respectively). There was major period of expansion from 1359 to 1440, where a new church was build around the old one, and then the old one was dismantled. One of the highlights inside is the Pilgram&#39;s Pulpit&nbsp;&#8211; a Gothic <\/font><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">pulpit, supposedly carved by Anton&nbsp;Pilgram,&nbsp;with the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doctors_of_the_Church\">Four Fathers of the Church<\/a> (theologians representing four physiognomic temperaments). <\/font><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">On the north aisle, the altarpiece is the Wiener Neust&auml;dter Altar commissioned by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frederick_III,_Holy_Roman_Emperor\">Emperor Friedrich III<\/a> in 1447 for the monastery at <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wiener_Neustadt\">Wiener Nuestadt<\/a> and moved to the Cathedral in 1885. The wooden <\/font><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">panels open out to show biblical scenes. The High Altar was created by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tobias_Pock\">Tobias Pock<\/a> in 1647. One of the things I did ten years ago was a tour of the Cathedral catacombs and I was looking forward to doing it again. The catacombs are quite extensive, with Royal burial chambers, early grave rooms where wooden coffins were stacked up to the ceiling, and mass-burial chambers from the last time the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Black_death\">Black Death<\/a> took hold of Vienna.<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font size=\"2\">The images below show: the stairs on Pilgram&#39;s Pulpit; close-up of some of the Pulpit carving; two of the Four Fathers on the Pulpit; looking down the Nave and Choir to the High Altar; the Wiener Neust&auml;dter Altar.<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/p1020208a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/smallp1020208a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"314\" height=\"235\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/p1020208b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/smallp1020208b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"314\" height=\"235\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/p1020209.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/smallp1020209.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"314\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/p1020205.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/smallp1020205.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"314\" height=\"235\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/p1020212.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/smallp1020212.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"314\" height=\"235\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peterskirche\"><strong>Peterskirche<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>(St. Peter&#39;s Church)<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">There has been a church here since the 1100s, but the current church is from 1700s. It was modeled on <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/St._Peter%27s_Basilica\">St Peter&#39;s Basilica<\/a> in Rome, mostly <\/font><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">by Gabriele Montani. The&nbsp;interior is amazing, packed full&nbsp;of Baroque carvings and frescoes &#8211; so much so as to be&nbsp;almost overwhelming. For me the most interesting things were two skeletons&nbsp;of early Christian martyrs, brought back from the catacombs in Rome in 1733 by Cardinal Kolonitz and dressed in <\/font><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Baroque finery. The frescoes in the dome are by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Johann_Michael_Rottmayr\">Johann Rottmayr<\/a>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;High Altar was designed by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antonio_Galli_Bibiena\" title=\"Antonio Galli Bibiena\" class=\"mw-redirect\">Antonio Galli Bibiena<\/a>&nbsp;in the late 1600s.<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font size=\"2\">The images show: one of the skeletons brought back from Rome; frescoes in the dome; looking through the oval Nave to the High Altar.<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/p1020218a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/smallp1020218a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"314\" height=\"235\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/p1020218b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/smallp1020218b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"314\" height=\"235\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/p1020219.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/smallp1020219.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"314\" height=\"235\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\"><strong>Kirche am Hof<\/strong><\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">This church was founded by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carmelite\">Carmelite friars<\/a> in the late 1300s, and I just happened to stumble upon on while making my way back to the hotel. I couldn&#39;t find much info on it in English.<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font size=\"2\">The image below shows the excellent Gothic interior.<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/p1020223.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/vienna\/smallp1020223.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"314\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you&#39;ll have read last week, we were in Vienna all week teaching. This was Kimberly&#39;s first visit to the city (and country), I was in Vienna for a couple of weeks back in the late 1990s. 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