Church · Innere Stadt, Graz, Styria
Graz Cathedral
Grazer Dom
Graz Cathedral is the late-Gothic court church that Emperor Frederick III built from 1438 in Graz's old town, the cathedral of the Catholic diocese of Graz-Seckau since 1786, beside the Mausoleum of Ferdinand II.
Why go
Graz Tourismus says Emperor Frederick III had the church built between 1438 and 1464 as a court church beside his residence; the Jesuits later furnished it in Baroque style, and since 1786 it has been the cathedral, the bishop's church of the Catholics in Styria. On the south outer wall the 'Landplagenbild' fresco of 1485, attributed to Thomas of Villach, shows the plague, the Turks and the locusts that struck the region in 1480. Inside, the board points to the Baroque high altar designed by Georg Kraxner and a Klais organ of 1978 on a gallery of 1687. The Mausoleum of Emperor Ferdinand II stands next to it and is not part of this record. Visiting arrangements are set by the cathedral parish and are not stated here.
Near Graz Cathedral
Monument
Graz Clock Tower
The Clock Tower (Uhrturm) is the former fortress tower on the Schlossberg above Graz's old town, with a wooden gallery, three bells and a clock whose large hands show the hours.
0 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Park
Schlossberg Graz
The Schlossberg is the wooded hill above Graz's old town, the site of a former fortress, laid out as a public park with the Clock Tower, the Bell Tower and the remains of the fortifications.
1 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Gallery
Kunsthaus Graz
Kunsthaus Graz is the Universalmuseum Joanneum's house for international contemporary art on Lendkai in Graz, a biomorphic building by Peter Cook and Colin Fournier built for the European Capital of Culture 2003.
1 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Historic site
Eggenberg Palace
Eggenberg Palace is the Baroque residence of the Eggenberg family in the west of Graz, begun in 1625 and run by the Universalmuseum Joanneum, with its state rooms, landscaped park and three museums.
4 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
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