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Votive Church

Votivkirche

The Votivkirche is a neo‑Gothic Roman Catholic church on Vienna's Ringstraße, built 1856–1879 to designs by Heinrich von Ferstel. The basilica has a three‑aisled nave, transept, choir with ambulatory and apsidioles, and a west façade dominated by two slim 99 m towers with openwork spires.

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First raised

1853

Its prime

1879

Today

Restored

As it stood in 1879

What Votive Church looked like in its prime.

A pale, finely carved white‑sandstone west façade with two slim, octagonal towers rising to filigree openwork spires topped by double crosses; three deeply recessed gabled portals with multi‑order archivolts, a statuary gallery above the portals and a large circular rose window crowned by the nave gable. Pointed‑arch lancet windows, blind tracery, buttresses and flying buttresses define vertical lines; patterned roof tiling on the nave and crisp shadowed mouldings give a recently completed, pristine appearance.

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10 places to explore in 1879.

The record describes 10 distinct spots at Votive Church, including 7 interiors: nave looking east to choir, high altar with gilded retable and ciborium, hexagonal neo‑gothic pulpit and more. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and explore every one, more scenes means more photos, more angles and more of the immersive experience.

West façade from Votivpark (approach)Central portal and tympanumRose window and nave gableNave looking east to choirHigh altar with gilded retable and ciboriumHexagonal Neo‑Gothic pulpitRight transept with Emperor windowRosary chapel and Antwerp retableChoir ambulatory and Lady chapelBelfry openings in tower

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