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Church of the Holy Great Martyr Barbara

Church of the Holy Great Martyr Barbara

Austria, Vienna

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Church of the Holy Great Martyr Barbara

Austria, Vienna

Greek Catholic Church located in the historical center of the Austrian capital. The first mention of a temple on this site dates back to the 15th century. Over time, the church was integrated into neighboring buildings. The religious building owes its current appearance to the architect Paul Sprenger, according to whose project the reconstruction was carried out in 1852. The interior of the temple is made in the Rococo style. During the Second World War, the church building was damaged, but then restored. In the 1980s, a large-scale reconstruction was carried out. To the right of the entrance to the temple there is a bust of the Ukrainian poet Ivan Franko.

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olanko1

Traveled 5 years ago

Rating 8

Church of St. Barbara

Walking down Postgasse, I noticed the Ukrainian flag above the entrance to the building. It turned out to be one of the places in Vienna connected with Ukraine. The first temple on this site was built in 1423. From 1623 they were owned by the Jesuits, who built the chapel of St. Barbara. In 1652-1564 a church in the early Baroque style was built on the site of the chapel. In 1775, Empress Maria Theresa handed over the church to the Greek Catholic Church. Its purpose was to create a training center for the Greek Catholic clergy in the Habsburg Empire, called "Barbarum".→

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