Maria vom Siege — Attraction in Vienna

On the right side altar is a copy of the image of Maria vom Siege.

The sacral building was built between 1868 and 1875 in the historicist neo -early Gothic style according to plans by the architect Friedrich von Schmidt , who also planned the Vienna City Hall . Schmidt had already drafted a church in 1858, but without knowing the building site. [3] A ring of chapels surrounds eight central pillars. The decagon of the Cologne Church of St. Gereon represents an exemplary architectural parallel in terms of the basic structure with regard to the interior of the Maria vom Siege...

Great shopping street, it was a cloudy day and I was not taken the best pictures but I can promise to all of you is a good tourist part you have to visit while you are there... you can see people from the place just going in their normal rutain... I lunched at KFC ! And it was cheap, good and I could see all the street while i was sitting...

The architecture of this orthodox church ( mostly exterior since seeing the interior is very rare ) is pretty outstanding for a city like Vienna. The dark colors combined with sharp towers and huge dome add on to it's...