With its harmonious pillared crypt, the Dom (built between 1140 and 1200) is Austria’s foremost church from the Romanesque epoch. Inside you will also find Gothic, baroque and rococo elements. The early-baroque high altar has 72 statues and 82 angel heads. The 90-minute tours of the whole building, including the crypt and the Bischofskapelle, run twice a day.
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