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headquarters here in order
to be near the Old University,
which they controlled. The
Jesuit order was the dominant
force behind the Counter-
Reformation and not afraid
of making a statement. The
grand redesign of the church
highlighted their power.
The interior is gaudy, with
plump marble columns
screening the side chapels.
Pozzo’s ceiling frescoes are
cleverly executed using a
trompe l’oeil effect and the
pews are richly carved.
9 Academy of
Sciences
Dr-Ignaz-Seipel-Platz 2. Map 2 E5 &
6 E3. % Schwedenplatz, Stubentor.
Tel 515810. Open 8am–5pm Mon–Fri.
∑ oeaw.ac.at
Once the centrepiece of the
Old University, the Akademie
der Wissenschaften was
designed in 1753 by Jean
Nicolas Jadot de Ville-Issey
as the Aula, or great hall. It
boasts an impressive Baroque
Elaborate nave of the Dominikanerkirche façade and fine rooms
throughout. A double staircase
6 Grünangergasse Canevale designed the leads up to a huge salon, one
present church, which boasts of the grandest in Vienna.
Map 6 D3 & D4. % Stephansplatz.
@ 1A, 2A, 3A. a majestic, rather handsome Elaborate frescoes adorn the
Baroque façade. The interior ceilings of the Ceremonial Hall,
This quiet lane takes its name is equally imposing. The central the walls of which are made of
from Zum Grünen Anker at chapel on the right has swirling marble embellished with Rococo
No. 10, a former guesthouse Rococo grilles and candelabra, plasterwork. Haydn’s Creation was
that was frequented by Franz and there is a very beautiful performed here in 1808 in the
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
of rolls and pretzels. It is known 18th century. The frescoes by and his last public appearance.
as the Kipferlhaus after a Tencalla and Rauchmiller are
Viennese crescent-shaped roll. especially noteworthy, as is
The for mer Fürstenberg Palace, the high altar.
from 1720, has a Baroque doorway
with carved hounds racing to
the top of the keystone. 8 Jesuitenkirche
Dr-Ignaz-Seipel-Platz 1. Map 2 E5 &
7 Dominikaner- 6 E3. Tel 512 523 20. % Stubentor,
kirche Stephansplatz, Schwedenplatz.
@ 2A. Open 7am–7pm Mon–Sat,
Postgasse 4. Map 2 E5 & 6 E3. 8am–7pm Sun & hols. ∑ jesuiten.at
Tel 5129174. % Stephansplatz,
Schwedenplatz. @ 2A. Open 7am– Andrea Pozzo, an Italian
6pm daily. architect, redesigned the
Jesuitenkirche between 1703
The Dominican order of monks and 1705 and its broad, high
came to Vienna in 1226, and by façade dominates the Dr-Ignaz-
1237 they had built a church Seipel-Platz. In the 1620s the Fountain by Franz Joseph Lenzbauer on the
here. In the 1630s Antonio Jesuits decided to move their Academy of Sciences (c. 1755)

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