Wien, 4. Bezirk (the art of Baroque buildings of Vienna), Karlskirche, chiesa di San Carlo Borromeo, Iglesia de San Carlos Borromeo (Viena), Église Saint-Charles-Borromée (Vienne), St. Charles's Church, Vienna (Karlsplatz)

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Charles Church
The most important baroque church of Vienna was from 1716 to 1722 begun by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach and completed in 1739 by his son Joseph Emanuel. The massive dome of the church (72 m high) is one of the dominant elements of the Vienna cityscape.
A vow of emperor Charles VI. on the occasion of the terrible pest epidemy, Vienna owes one of its most magnificent churches. The building in the style of High Baroque of Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, completed after the death of the master architect by his son Joseph Emanuel to 1739, is also a monument of imperial display of power of the Habsburgs.
Behind the massive entrance building in the form of a Greek temple flanked by a pair of columns towers the 72 m high dome modeled after the Roman Baroque. Significant Baroque artists were involved in the decoration inside the church, among them Johann Michael Rottmayr, Sebastiano Ricci and Lorenzo Matielli. The square in front of the church was remodeled in the '70s; in the pond stands the sculpture "Hill Arches" by Henry Moore.
Charles Church in 1810
View to the Charles square, after 1900. View to the still unregulated river Wien in front of Karlskirche, before 1895
The combination of architectural elements from different parts of the world underlines the imperial pretension to power to the glory of God: the central front has the shape of a Greek temple, the two side chapels are stylistically borrowed from the Italian Renaissance. Their roofs, however, ressemble Chinese pagodas. The triumphal columns have their prototypes in Rome, but also are reminiscent of Islamic minarets.
The symbolism is also reflected in the configuration. The two angels at the outside staircase stand for the Old and New Testament, the four large sculptures above the portico for the four virtues of penance, charity, piety and faith. In the middle of them sits Charles Borromeo, that Pest Saint to which Charles VI. after the great epidemic of 1713 following a vow the church had erected. Scenes from the eventful life of the church patron show the reliefs on the two 33 m high columns.
The interior is dominated by the monumental ceiling fresco by Johann Michael Rottmayr in the oval dome. To the colorful baroque splendour also contribute the designed by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach high altar and Sebastiano Ricci's altarpiece "Assumption of Mary".
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Taken in: Österreich / Wien / Wien / Staatsoper (show map)

Taken on: May 30, 2016

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