Sacred places in Austria: temples, churches, shrines and mosques

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Catholicism · Viên (Wien) · 1147 (thánh hiến nhà thờ Rôma đầu tiên), ca đường Gothic 1304 tới 1340, tháp Nam xong năm 1433St. Stephen's Cathedral, ViennaStephansdom, Domkirche St. Stephan, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Cathedral of Saint Stephen, Steffl

The mother church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vienna in the heart of the Old Town, begun as a Romanesque church consecrated in 1147 and rebuilt in the Gothic style from the 14th century onward. Its 136.4-meter South Tower completed in 1433 was once the tallest church spire in Europe. Badly damaged by fire in 1945 and reopened in 1952, it stands within the Historic Centre of Vienna UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed in 2001.

UNESCO World Heritage Site (Historic Centre of Vienna, 2001)Stephansplatz 3, 1010 Wien (quận 1, Innere Stadt)

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Catholicism · Styria (Steiermark) · Truyền thống khởi lập ngày 21 tháng 12 năm 1157 bởi đan sĩ Biển Đức Magnus từ Đan viện St. Lambrecht; xây dựng đại thánh đường Gothic năm 1344 tới 1380 dưới sự bảo trợ của Quốc vương Lajos I Đại đế của Hungary; mở rộng đại quy mô theo phong cách Baroque từ năm 1644 tới 1683 bởi kiến trúc sư Domenico SciassiaMariazell BasilicaBasilika Mariazell, Basilika Mariae Geburt, Basilica of the Birth of the Virgin Mary, Magna Mater Austriae, National Shrine of Austria

Austria's National Shrine and the foremost Marian pilgrimage center in Central Europe situated in the Northern Limestone Alps of Styria, founded on December 21, 1157 around the miraculous limewood statue of Our Lady of Grace (Gnadenmutter), renowned for its unique three-tower facade combining a fourteenth-century Gothic central spire with twin Baroque towers by Domenico Sciassia and the Chapel of Grace altar designed by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach.

Papal Minor Basilica (proclaimed by Pope Pius X on November 10, 1907), National Shrine of Austria, and Protected Historical Monument of the Republic of AustriaBenedictusplatz 1, 8630 Mariazell, Bruck-Muerzzuschlag District, Styria, Republic of Austria

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Judaism · Vienna (Wien) · Đặt đá móng ngày 12 tháng 12 năm 1825 và thánh hiến ngày 9 tháng 4 năm 1826 theo thiết kế phong cách Biedermeier Tân cổ điển của kiến trúc sư Joseph Kornhaeusel; hội đường duy nhất tại Viên thoát khỏi bị thiêu rụi trong Đêm Kính Vỡ (Kristallnacht) tháng 11 năm 1938; tái thánh hiến ngày 2 tháng 9 năm 1945 và trùng tu toàn diện năm 1963 cùng năm 1988Stadttempel Synagogue, ViennaSeitenstettengasse Tempel, Synagoge Seitenstettengasse, Main Synagogue of the Jewish Community of Vienna

The historic main synagogue of the Jewish Community of Vienna concealed behind a five-story residential apartment facade at Seitenstettengasse 4 in accordance with Emperor Joseph II's Edict of Tolerance, designed in Neoclassical Biedermeier style by architect Joseph Kornhaeusel and consecrated on April 9, 1826 with an oval prayer hall ringed by 12 Ionic columns, standing as the only synagogue in Vienna to survive destruction during the November Pogrom of 1938.

Central Synagogue of the Jewish Community of Vienna (Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien), Protected Historical Monument of the Republic of Austria, and within the UNESCO World Heritage Historic Centre of Vienna (2001)Seitenstettengasse 4, 1st District (Innere Stadt), 1010 Vienna, Republic of Austria

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Catholicism · Lower Austria (Niederoesterreich) · Thành lập lâu đài vương hầu nhà Babenberg năm 976; Hầu tước Leopold II trao tặng cho các đan sĩ dòng Biển Đức ngày 21 tháng 3 năm 1089; tái thiết toàn diện thành kiệt tác đại quần thể Baroque từ năm 1702 tới 1736 dưới thời Viện phụ Berthold Dietmayr theo đồ án của kiến trúc sư Jakob PrandtauerMelk AbbeyStift Melk, Benediktinerstift Melk, Benedictine Abbey of Saints Peter and Paul at Melk

Austria's crowning masterpiece of High Baroque monastic architecture perched atop a 60-meter granite bluff overlooking the Danube River at the western gateway to the Wachau Cultural Landscape (UNESCO World Heritage Site, 2000), continuously inhabited by Benedictine monks since March 21, 1089 and rebuilt between 1702 and 1736 under Abbot Berthold Dietmayr and architect Jakob Prandtauer, celebrated for its gilded Abbey Church, Marble Hall, historic Library of over 100,000 volumes, and the tomb of Saint Coloman.

Autonomous Benedictine Abbey of the Austrian Congregation and UNESCO World Heritage Site (Wachau Cultural Landscape, inscribed 2000, Ref. 970)Abt-Berthold-Dietmayr-Strasse 1, 3390 Melk, Melk District, Lower Austria, Republic of Austria

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Catholicism · Salzburg State · Nhà thờ chính tòa đầu tiên thánh hiến ngày 24 tháng 9 năm 774 thời Giám mục Vergilius; nhà thờ Romanesque năm nhịp gian thế kỷ 12 cháy năm 1598; tái thiết theo phong cách Baroque sớm Italia từ năm 1614 tới 1628 bởi kiến trúc sư Santino Solari (thánh hiến ngày 25 tháng 9 năm 1628); phục dựng mái vòm sau bom đạn Thế chiến II và tái khánh thành năm 1959Salzburg CathedralSalzburger Dom, Dom zu Salzburg, Cathedral of Saints Rupert and Vergilius in Salzburg

The metropolitan cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Salzburg and the earliest monumental Early Baroque church north of the Alps, designed by Italian architect Santino Solari and consecrated on September 25, 1628 on the site of Saint Vergilius's 774 basilica within the UNESCO World Heritage Historic Centre of Salzburg, famed for its white Untersberg marble facade, the 1321 bronze baptismal font where Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was baptized, and its ensemble of seven pipe organs.

Metropolitan Cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Salzburg (Primas Germaniae) and UNESCO World Heritage Site (Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg, inscribed 1996, Ref. 784)Domplatz 1a, 5020 Salzburg, State of Salzburg, Republic of Austria

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24/10/2026Completed three major initiatives on the same day: (1) Verified primary international sources and published the remaining 199 full English editions across 192 countries and territories, officially completing Stage D with 100% bilingual Vietnamese and English coverage across the entire library. (2) Visually verified and published 35 openly licensed Wikimedia Commons photographs for 22 sites in Vietnam and 13 international sanctuaries. (3) Authored 100 new bilingual sacred place monographs with real photographs for Stage C across 25 countries and territories (South Korea, China, Taiwan, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Mongolia, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Russia, Turkey, Egypt, Israel, Canada and Mexico), expanding each from 1 to 5 places and bringing the library to 761 sacred places.
29/09/2026Officially opened the doors of Hall of Myriad Paths to readers worldwide as a living spiritual library that grows every day. On the same day, authored 60 new Stage A sacred place monographs across 60 countries in the Nordic and Baltic regions, the Balkans, the Gulf, Central Asia, European microstates, Africa, Oceania, Latin America and the Caribbean (including Roskilde Cathedral, Hallgrímskirkja, the Gate of Dawn in Vilnius, Ostrog Monastery, Malé Friday Mosque, Sulayman-Too, Old Orhei, the Temple in the Sea and Ambohimanga), while verifying and publishing 59 openly licensed photographs for the second and third batches.
28/09/2026In the Main Hall, transformed 174 sacred symbols of faiths and branches into raised 3D forms so visitors can select their own tradition before making an offering, alongside a public record of milestones. In the Places section, authored 30 new Stage A monographs across 30 countries in Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America (including St Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna, Rila Monastery, Svetitskhoveli, Etchmiadzin, al-Qarawiyyin, the Great Mosque of Djenné, Namugongo and the Basilica of Luján).

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