St. Charles's Church (Vienna)
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World / Austria / Wien
listed building / architectural heritage, Roman Catholic church
The St. Charles's Church (German: Karlskirche) is a church situated on the south side of Karlsplatz, Vienna. It is located on the edge of the 1st district, 200 metres outside the Ringstraße. It is one of the most outstanding baroque church structures north of the Alps, and boasts a dome in the form of an elongated ellipsoid.
Ever since Karlsplatz was restored as an ensemble in the late 1980s, the Karlskirche has garnered fame due to its dome and its two flanking columns of bas-reliefs, as well as its role as an architectural counterweight to the buildings of the Musikverein and of the Vienna University of Technology.
Ever since Karlsplatz was restored as an ensemble in the late 1980s, the Karlskirche has garnered fame due to its dome and its two flanking columns of bas-reliefs, as well as its role as an architectural counterweight to the buildings of the Musikverein and of the Vienna University of Technology.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Charles's_Church,_Vienna
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Coordinates: 48°11'53"N 16°22'18"E
- Saint Stephen's Cathedral 1.2 km
- Jesuit Church 1.3 km
- St. Peter's Church 1.3 km
- Dominican Church (Church of St. Maria Rotunda) 1.3 km
- Church of Mariahilf 1.4 km
- St. Othmar's Catholic Church 1.9 km
- Votivkirche 2.2 km
- The Archbishop seminary 3 km
- St. Francis of Assisi Church 3.8 km
- Church of St. Charles Borromeo 7.2 km
- Karlsplatz 0.2 km
- Schwarzenberg Square 0.3 km
- Electrotechnical Institution, Vienna University of Technology 0.3 km
- Schwarzenberg Palace 0.6 km
- Wieden 0.7 km
- Belvedere Palace 0.9 km
- City Park 0.9 km
- Innere Stadt 1.2 km
- Landstraße 2.4 km
- Leopoldstadt 4.5 km