Must-See
Karlskirche
Vienna's finest baroque church, with a great green dome flanked by two columns, and a lift up to its frescoes.
- Open
- Every day
- Price
- Paid
- Time Needed
- 45 minutes
- Address
- Karlsplatz 1, 1040 ViennaDirections
- Getting There
- Karlsplatz station.
Why Go
Built in thanks for the end of a plague in 1713, the church combines a Greek temple front, Roman columns and a soaring dome. A panorama lift climbs inside the dome to the painted ceiling.
It faces a pool on Karlsplatz.
Nearby in Vienna
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