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von Erlach (see p149). Matthias z Maria am
Gerl enlarged the Chancery Gestade
between 1751 and 1754 to
accommodate the Ministry Salvatorgasse 12. Map 2 D4 & 5 C2.
of the Interior. The most Tel 53395940. % Schwedenplatz,
spectacular parts of the building Stephansplatz. @ 2A. Open 7am–
are the huge Baroque portals. 7pm daily.
The elegantly curved window
frames on the first floor are One of the city’s oldest sights
also particularly noteworthy. is this lofty, Gothic church with
The building’s interior, now its 56m high (180ft) steeple
a courthouse, and its two and immense choir windows.
courtyards, are less impressive, There are recordings of the
partly due to reconstruction church from as early as 1158,
undertaken after serious bomb but the present building dates
damage in World War II. from the late 14th century. It
was restored in the 19th century.
Portal figure by Lorenzo Mattielli in the The church has had a chequered
Bohemian Court Chancery history and Napoleon’s troops
used it as an arsenal during their
it in 1741. The fountain depicts occupation of Vienna in 1809.
Perseus rescuing Andromeda. Inside, the nave piers are
A door leads from the enlivened with Gothic canopies
courtyard to the Salvatorkapelle sheltering statues from various
(St Saviour’s chapel), the only periods: medieval, Baroque and
surviving building of the modern. The choir contains
original medieval town house High Gothic panels (1460)
and the former Neuburg family depicting the Annunciation,
chapel. It has since been the Crucifixion and the
enlarged and renovated, but Coronation of the Virgin.
retains its fine Gothic vaults. Behind the high altar the
The walls are lined with old windows contain medieval
Ironwork at the Rathaus entrance marble tomb slabs, some stained glass, which is patched
from the 15th century. Its with surviving fragments.
l Altes Rathaus pretty organ dates from Tucked away on the north
around 1740 and is sometimes side of the choir is a chapel with
Wipplinger Strasse 8. Map 2 D5 & 6 D2.
% Schwedenplatz. @ 1A, 3A. used for recitals. The chapel a painted stone altar from 1520.
v 1. Salvatorkapelle: Tel 3178394. has an exquisite Renaissance The main parts of the interior are
Open 9am–5pm Mon–Wed, portal, facing Salvatorgasse. visible from the front entrance,
9am–7pm Thu, or by appt. Austrian Dating from 1520 to 1530, but to walk around inside you
Resistance Archive: Tel 2289469 319. it is a rare example of need to make an appointment.
Open 9am–5pm Mon–Thu. Italianate Renai
∑ doew.at ssance style.
Today the Old
The building here at Wipplinger Town Hall houses
Strasse was once owned by offices and shops,
the German brothers Otto as well as the District
and Haymo of Neuburg, who Museum, which
conspired to overthrow the examines the first
Habsburgs (see p24) in 1309. municipal district
The property was confiscated of Vienna (roughly
by Prince Friedrich the Fair covering the area
and donated to the city. Over within the Ring).
the centuries the site was Of much greater
expanded to form the complex interest is the
of buildings that until 1883 Museum of the
served as the city hall or Rathaus. Austrian Resistance
The entrance of the Altes Movement, devoted
Rathaus is festooned with to the memory of
ornamental ironwork. Located those who risked
in the main courtyard, is the their lives by
Andromeda Fountain, the opposing the Nazis
last work by sculptor Georg during the Second
Raphael Donner who designed World War. Gothic canopies in the Maria am Gestade church
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