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Universitätskirche (Jesuit Church)
Universitätskirche (Jesuit Church) Review
The east end of Bäckerstrasse is punctuated by Dr.-Ignaz-Seipel-Platz, named for the theology professor who was chancellor of Austria during the 1920s. On the north side is the Universitätskirche, or Jesuitenkirche, built around 1630. Its flamboyant Baroque interior contains a fine trompe-l'oeil ceiling fresco by Andrea Pozzo, the master of visual trickery, who was imported from Rome in 1702 for the job. You might hear a Mozart or Haydn mass sung here in Latin on many Sundays.
- Address: Dr.-Ignaz-Seipl-Platz, 1st District, Vienna, A-1010 | Map It
- Phone: 01/512-5232-0
- U-Bahn: U3 Stubentor/Dr.-Karl-Lueger-Platz.
- Location: The Medieval Heart
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