Reached by a covered stairway (Piaristenstiege) from Pfarrplatz, Krems' most impressive church has a wonderful webbed Gothic ceiling and huge, austerely plain windows. It's most atmospheric after dark, when you can best imagine the spectacle of the massive baroque altar for the 18th-century parishioners.
Piaristenkirche
Krems an der Donau
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