Location Vienna, Austria Website www.franziskaner.at Groundbreaking 1603 Architectural style Baroque architecture Year consecrated 1611 | Affiliation Catholic Church Architectural type Church Opened 1611 Phone +43 1 5124578 | |
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Leadership P. Gottfried Wegleitner OFM Address Franziskanerpl. 4, 1010 Wien, Austria Similar Dominican Church - Vienna, Innere Stadt, Jesuit Church - Vienna, Church of the Teutonic, Minoritenkirche | ||
The Franciscan Church (German: Franziskanerkirche), also known as the Church of St. Jerome, is a Roman Catholic parish church dedicated to Saint Jerome and located in the historic city center of Vienna, Vienna's 1st district (Innere Stadt). It is the church of the Franciscan Order in Vienna.
Interior
Erected in 1603 the outside facade of Franciscan Church is Renaissance in style. However, its interior is Baroque. The high altar depicting the Virgin Mary was designed by Andrea Pozzo in 1707. The church holds the oldest organ in Vienna. The carved Baroque organ was designed by Johann Wockerl in 1642.
References
Franciscan Church, Vienna Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA