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2 Deutschordens- headquarters here in order
kirche to be near the Old University,
which they controlled. The
Singerstrasse 7. Map 6 D3. Tel 5121065. Jesuit order was the dominant
% Stephansplatz. @ 1A, 2A, 3A. force behind the Counter-
Church: Open 7am–6pm daily. Reformation and not afraid
Treasury: Open 10am–noon Tue, Thu & of making a statement. The
Sat, 3–5pm Wed & Fri. Closed Sun, Mon
& pub hols. ∑ deutscher-orden.at grand redesign of the church
highlighted their power.
This church belongs to the Order The interior is gaudy, with
of Teutonic Knights, a chivalric plump marble columns
order that was established in screening the side chapels.
the 12th century. It is 14th- Pozzo’s ceiling frescoes are
century Gothic, and though cleverly executed using a
restored in the 1720s in Baroque trompe l’oeil effect and the
style by Anton Erhard Martinelli, Inner courtyard of No. 9 Blutgasse, the Fähnrichshof pews are richly carved.
it retains Gothic elements such
as pointed arched windows. some Gothic paintings and a 4 Domgasse 9 Academy of
Numerous coats of arms of Carinthian carving of St George Map 6 D3. % Stephansplatz.
Teutonic Knights and memorial and the Dragon (1457). @ 1A, 2A, 3A. Sciences
slabs are displayed on the walls. Dr-Ignaz-Seipel-Platz 2. Map 2 E5 &
The altarpiece from 1520 is Domgasse boasts some 6 E3. % Schwedenplatz, Stubentor.
Flemish and incorporates panel 3 Blutgasse interesting buildings, including Tel 515810. Open 8am–5pm Mon–Fri.
paintings and carvings of Map 6 D3. % Stephansplatz. Mozarthaus Vienna (see below) ∑ oeaw.ac.at
scenes from the Passion @ 1A, 2A, 3A. and the Trienter Hof, with its
beneath some very delicate airy courtyard. No. 6 is a house Once the centrepiece of the
traceried canopies. A local legend relates that this of medieval origin called the Old University, the Akademie
The Order’s Treasury is street acquired its gruesome Kleiner Bischofshof (Small der Wissenschaften was
situated off the church’s name – Blood Lane – after a Bishop’s House): it has a 1761 designed in 1753 by Jean
courtyard and now serves as massacre in 1312 of the Knights Matthias Gerl façade. Next door Nicolas Jadot de Ville-Issey
a museum, displaying various Templar (a religious military is the site of the house where as the Aula, or great hall. It
collections acquired by its order) in a skirmish so violent Georg Franz Kolschitzky lived boasts an impressive Baroque
Grand Masters over the that the streets flowed with and, in 1694, died. It is said that Elaborate nave of the Dominikanerkirche façade and fine rooms
centuries. The starting point blood. But there is no evidence he claimed some Turkish coffee throughout. A double staircase
is a room housing a large to support this story and the beans as a reward for his 6 Grünangergasse Canevale designed the leads up to a huge salon, one
collection of coins, medals and street’s charm belies its name. bravery in the 1683 Turkish Map 6 D3 & D4. % Stephansplatz. present church, which boasts of the grandest in Vienna.
a 13th-century enthronement Its tall apartment buildings siege, and later opened Vienna’s @ 1A, 2A, 3A. a majestic, rather handsome Elaborate frescoes adorn the
ring. A second room contains date mostly from the 18th cen- first coffee house. The truth of Baroque façade. The interior ceilings of the Ceremonial Hall,
chalices and Mass vessels tury. Walk into No. 3 and see how this story, however, is doubtful. This quiet lane takes its name is equally imposing. The central the walls of which are made of
worked with silver filigree, the city’s restorers have linked from Zum Grünen Anker at chapel on the right has swirling marble embellished with Rococo
while a third displays maces, up the buildings and their court- 5 Mozarthaus No. 10, a former guesthouse Rococo grilles and candelabra, plasterwork. Haydn’s Creation was
daggers and ceremonial garb. yards. No. 9, the Fähnrichshof, is that was frequented by Franz and there is a very beautiful performed here in 1808 in the
The museum also displays particularly impressive. Vienna Schubert in the 19th century. gilt organ above the west door. presence of the composer: it
No. 8’s doorway has carvings Its casing dates from the mid- was the eve of his 76th birthday
Domgasse 5. Map 6 D3. Tel 5121791.
% Stephansplatz. @ 1A, 2A, 3A. of rolls and pretzels. It is known 18th century. The frescoes by and his last public appearance.
Open 10am–7pm daily. & as the Kipferlhaus after a Tencalla and Rauchmiller are
∑ mozarthausvienna.at Viennese crescent-shaped roll. especially noteworthy, as is
The for mer Fürstenberg Palace, the high altar.
Mozart and his family occupied from 1720, has a Baroque doorway
an apartment on the first floor with carved hounds racing to
of this building from 1784 to the top of the keystone. 8 Jesuitenkirche
1787. Of Mozart’s 11 Viennese Dr-Ignaz-Seipel-Platz 1. Map 2 E5 &
residences, this is the one 7 Dominikaner- 6 E3. Tel 512 523 20. % Stubentor,
where he is said to have been Stephansplatz, Schwedenplatz.
happiest. It is also where kirche @ 2A. Open 7am–7pm Mon–Sat,
he composed a signifi cant Postgasse 4. Map 2 E5 & 6 E3. 8am–7pm Sun & hols. ∑ jesuiten.at
number of his masterworks: Tel 5129174. % Stephansplatz,
the exquisite Haydn quartets, a Schwedenplatz. @ 2A. Open 7am– Andrea Pozzo, an Italian
handful of piano concertos, and 6pm daily. architect, redesigned the
The Marriage of Figaro. Restored Jesuitenkirche between 1703
for the anniversary year 2006, The Dominican order of monks and 1705 and its broad, high
Winged altarpiece in the Mozarthaus has exhibitions came to Vienna in 1226, and by façade dominates the Dr-Ignaz-
the Deutschordens- on two upper floors as well as 1237 they had built a church Seipel-Platz. In the 1620s the Fountain by Franz Joseph Lenzbauer on the
kirche (1520) the original apartment. here. In the 1630s Antonio Jesuits decided to move their Academy of Sciences (c. 1755)

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