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end of the threat of Swedish m Peterskirche
invasion during the Thirty Petersplatz 6. Map 2 D5 & 5 C3.
Years’ War (see p27). Tel 53364330. % Stephansplatz.
There are a number of @ 1A. Open 7am–8pm Mon–Fri,
interesting houses around the 9am–9pm Sat, Sun & hols.
square. Opposite the church
is the palatial Märkleinisches A church has stood here since
Haus, which was designed by the 12th century, but the oval
Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt structure you see today dates
(see p154) in 1727. Its elegant from the early 18th century. It
façade was wrecked by the was modelled on St Peter’s in
addition of a fire station on Rome and a number of architects
the ground floor in 1935 (it collaborated on the design,
now houses the Vienna notably Gabriele Montani. The
Fire Brigade Museum). The interior is amazingly lavish,
16th-century red house next culminating in an exuberant,
Sculpture on top of No. 10 Am Hof door is the headquarters of eye-catching pulpit (1716) by
Johann Kattus, a producer the sculptor Matthias Steindl.
b Kirche am Hof of sparkling wine. No. 10, The richly clothed skeletons on
designed by Anton Ospel, the right and beneath the altar
Schulhof 1. Map 2 D5 & 5 C2.
Tel 5338394. % Herrengasse. is the Bürgerliche Zeughaus, are the remains of early Christian
Open 7am–noon, 4–6pm daily. 7 the citizens’ armoury, where martyrs originally deposited in
the city’s fire services are now the catacombs in Rome. The
This Catholic church, which is based. The façade is dominated frescoes inside the huge dome,
dedicated to the Nine Choirs by the Habsburg coat of arms depicting the Assumption of
of Angels, was founded by and military emblems. The the Virgin, are by J M Rottmayr.
Carmelite friars in the late allegorical statues above are In 1729 Lorenzo Mattielli
14th century. The façade by Lorenzo Mattielli. designed the sculpture of
was redesigned by the Italian At No. 12 the bay-windowed St John Nepomuk to the right
architect Carlo Carlone in 1662 Urbanihaus, with its iron sign, of the choir. This priest earned
to provide space for a large dates from the 1730s. Next his sainthood by being thrown
balustraded balcony. The door is the Collalto Palace – into the River Vltava in Prague
church is now used by Vienna’s where Mozart made his first in 1393 after he refused to
large Croatian community. public appearance aged just reveal the secrets of the
It is worth taking a walk six (see p40). confessional to King
behind the church into Wenceslas IV; his
Schulhofplatz to look at the martyrdom
tiny restored shops which by drowning
stand between the buttresses later became
of the Gothic choir. a favourite
subject of
artists.
n Am Hof
Map 2 D5 & 5 C2. %
Stephansplatz, Schottentor.
@ 1A, 2A, 3A.
This is the largest enclosed
square in Vienna, as well
as the oldest. The Romans
established a garrison here
and, later, the Babenberg
ruler Duke Heinrich II
Jasomirgott built his castle
close to where No. 2
Am Hof stands. At the
centre of the square
is the Mariensäule
(Column of Our Lady),
a monument that
commemorates the
18th-century engraving of
Peterskirche

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