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- St. Peter's Church (Peterskirche) is thought to occupy the oldest Christian sacred site in Vienna, as a church has stood here since the second half of the 4th century. According to legend, Charlemagne founded a larger church here in 792. The mediaeval church had three altars, with an apse in the south instead of the normal eastern orientation.
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The Peterskirche (English: St. Peter's Church) is a Baroque Roman Catholic parish church in Vienna, Austria. It was transferred in 1970 by the Archbishop of Vienna Franz Cardinal König to the priests of the Opus Dei.
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Vienna, Austria. St. Peter's Church (Peterskirche) is thought to occupy the oldest Christian sacred site in Vienna, as a church has stood here since the second half of the 4th century. According to legend, Charlemagne founded a larger church here in 792.
- Petersplatz 1, Vienna, Austria
Apr 9, 2016 · St. Peter’s Church. (View of the church from the Graben) The church nestles quietly in the centre of Petersplatz square, close to the busy Graben pedestrian area at Vienna’s heart and surrounded by buildings from the 18th and 19th centuries. Both church and square make for good photos; look for a passing fiaker (one of Vienna’s horse ...
History. The original records about the church date back to 1137, but some sort of church was in that place even before that time. There is a legend that the famous Charlemagne founded the church, but there is no clear evidence about that. Peterskirche – St. Peter’s Church in Vienna – releif of Charlemagne.
- Petersplatz, 1010 Vienna
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History of Peterskirche. St. Peter's is thought to occupy the oldest Christian sacred site in Vienna, as a church has stood here since the second half of the 4th century. According to legend, Charlemagne founded a larger church here in 792. The present St. Peter's Church was constructed by Gabriel Montani from 1702 to 1708. Hildebrandt, the ...
- Vienna, Austria
- Austria
- 48.209381° N, 16.369908° E
- Peterskirche
St. Peter’s Church (Peterskirche) is the most elaborate and beautiful baroque church in Vienna. The current structure, designed by Gabriel Montani, was built between 1702 and 1732. The history of the ancient Christian site goes all the way back to the 4th century!
The “first” St. Peter’s Church was built in the second half of the 4th century, on the site of the current building, as a conversion of a barracks building of the Roman camp Vindobona: It was a basilica-style single-aisled hall church, the oldest church in Vienna and the city’s first parish.
