Church of the Virgin of Angels

Capuchinerkirche is the Church of the Virgin of Angels, which was the temple of the monastery of the Capuchin Order. Located near the Hofburg Palace, this church has gained worldwide fame due to the fact that it houses the Imperial Crypt, in which the ashes of the Habsburg emperors and their families rest.

Around 1599, Capuchin monks, led by Laurence Brindisi, lived for some time in Vienna during a stop on their way to Prague, where they were sent by Pope Clement VIII. They founded a monastery, for which on the initiative of Queen Anne, wife of the Holy Roman Emperor Matthias, it was decided to build a temple. Due to the outbreak of the war, which went down in history as the Thirty Years' War, construction was postponed for five years and began in 1622. Ten years later, the church was consecrated.

In 1760, a portal was added, which later decorated a fresco by the artist Hans Fischer. One of the attractions of the temple in addition to the imperial tomb is a luxurious marble altar.