Sunday, November 13, 2011

Karlskirche
yeah, today it was a bit foggy :)

One year after the black death epidemic in 1713
Emperor Karl VI. vowed to build a church for his name patron
Karl Borromäus who's also the black death saint ("Pestheiliger")

The laying of the foundation stone was in 1716, after an architect competition
which had been won by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach
.

Station: Karlsplatz, 1040 Vienna
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