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VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Practical Information
Karlsplatz 10.
Map 5 D1.
Tel 505 62 94.
Open 9am–6pm Mon–Sat,
noon–7pm Sun & hols. & 9
e (to cupola). Live music
concerts. ∑ karlskirche.at
Transport
% Karlsplatz.
v 1, 2, 62, 71, D. @ 2A, 4A, 59A.
. Cupola Frescoes
Johann Michael Rottmayr’s frescoes,
painted in 1725–30, depict the Johann Bernhard Fischer
Apotheosis of St Charles Borromeo. von Erlach
This was the painter’s last commission.
An outstanding architect of the Austrian
Baroque, Fischer von Erlach (1656–1723)
designed many of Vienna’s finest
buildings, including the palaces
of Schönbrunn, Prince Eugene
of Savoy and the Trautson
family. He died before he
finished the Karlskirche;
his son, Joseph Emanuel,
completed it in 1737, and also
took over as court architect.

. The Two Columns
Inspired by Trajan’s Column in
Rome, these two columns feature
scenes from the life of St Charles
Borromeo, illustrating the qualities
of Steadfastness and Courage.

St Charles Borromeo
Lorenzo Mattielli’s statue of the
patron saint and protector from
the plague crowns the pediment.

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