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St. Charles's Church (Karlskirche) - Vienna - Reviews of St. Charles's Church (Karlskirche) - TripAdvisor
The church is beautiful from the outside and has Islamic decor with teh two minarets. It was built in memory of the plague, and is truly beautiful inside with its many frescos and gigantic...
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Vienna: St. Charles's Church (Karlskirche) - Traveler Reviews - Impressive ceiling murals - TripAdvisor
It does have a strange appearance from outside with the tall columns. Inside is a large but not spectacular church with several chapels. Much more interesting are the ceiling murals. There is scaffolding with an elevator constructed inside the Karlskirche and this allows visitors close-up views of t...
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Karlskirche, Vienna, Austria : Reviews of Karlskirche - Yahoo! Travel
This towering baroque construction was built by request of the Emperor Karl the Sixth. In 1713, he resolved to commission the construction of a church, if the t...
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Karlskirche & Karlsplatz- Vienna, Austria - VirtualTourist.com
I grew up in Vienna, but never actually visited the Karlskirche until last year, when Ash, my mom, and I decided to see it close-up (she had lived in Vienna for about 40 years and hadn't seen it either!). The church is Vienna's most famous baroque building, and with it's big green cuppola has become...
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Karlskirche, Vienna
The enormous freestanding columns were conceived with at least two functions in mind: first, to portray scenes from the life of St. Charles, carved in imitation of Trajan's triumphs to emphasize the imperial nature of the building; second, to symbolize the Pillars of Hercules, suggesting the right o...
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Karlskirche & Karlsplatz- Vienna, Austria - VirtualTourist.com
The Karlskirche is a beautiful church located in the city centre of Vienna, and was designed by Johann Fischer von Erlach, begun in 1715 and finished in 1737. It was dedicated to the saint Carlo Borromeo and commissioned by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI after Vienna was delivered from the plaque...
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Karlskirche - Karlskirche Photos
The Karlskirche (Charles’ Church) is arguably the loveliest baroque church in Vienna – the most interesting it clearly is. Although clearly a baroque Christian church, there is something vaguely Middle Eastern in it architecture – some c...
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St. Charles Church
The church, finished in 1739 by his son Joseph Emanuel Fischer von Erlach, was built as the result of a vow taken by Emperor Charles VI during a plague epidemic. The church is consecrated to the patron saint of the Habsburg emperor, Saint Charles Borromeo: The exhibits in the small Museo Borromeo in...
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Article - St. Charles Church
The church, finished in 1739 by his son Joseph Emanuel Fischer von Erlach, was built as the result of a vow taken by Emperor Charles VI during a plague epidemic. The church is consecrated to the patron saint of the Habsburg emperor, Saint Charles Borromeo: The exhibits in the small Museo Borromeo in...
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St. Charles in Vienna
of today. Outside the city walls there was an open area, the glacis , which should make it possible to have an open view over attacking forces. In other words, there was free sight from the city itself to the church - and this sight increased its characteristics even more. There was even a thought o...
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Church of Saint Charles, or Church of Saint Charles Borromeo, or Karlskirche (church, Vienna, Austria) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia
The Church of St. Charles, a vast structure dedicated to St. Charles Borromeo, was erected just outside the city walls in 1716–39. This Baroque edifice is fronted by a severely classical porch of columns in ancient Roman style, and before it stand spirally decorated twin columns carved with sce...
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