Mausoleum sights in The South

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   Mausoleum of Ferdinand II

   • Graz, Austria
   • Sights › Mausoleum

   The mannerist-baroque Mausoleum of Ferdinand II was designed by Italian architect Pietro de Pomis and was begun in 1614; after Pomis’ death the mausoleum was completed by Pietro Valnegro, while Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach chipped in with the exuberant stuccowork and frescoes inside. Ferdinand (1578–1637), his wife and his son are interred in the crypt. The highlight is a red-marble sarcophagus of Ferdinand’s parents, Karl II (1540–90) and Maria of Bavaria (1551–1608). Only Maria occupies the sarcophagus – Karl II lies in the Benedictine Abbey in Seckau.

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