Peterskirche

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  • Phone
    533 64 33
  • Transport
    underground rail: U1, U3 Stephansplatz
bus: 1A, 2A, 3A

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Peterskirche (St Peter's Church; 1733), on Petersplatz, is one of the finest baroque churches in Vienna, outshone only by Karlskirche. It is said that Charlemagne founded the first church that stood on this site, an event depicted in the exterior relief on the southeast side. The majority of the church was completed by the celebrated baroque architect Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, and the dome's fresco was painted by JM Rottmayr.