This is not a huge place like St. Stephen's Cathedral nor an intimate chapel. It is a space that feels larger than it is and it provides wonderful acoustics for the pipe organ.
Showing posts with label St. Michael's Church. Show all posts
Showing posts with label St. Michael's Church. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 12, 2022
Tuesday, October 11, 2022
St. Michael's Church
Our last visit to a church in Vienna is a special one. St. Michael's is another baroque masterpiece. While not as over-the-top ornate as the Jesuit church you've already seen, it does contain many amazing sights. And, as you will discover, sounds.
The image above shows the main altar. From Wikipedia we learn that,
The high altar was designed in 1782 by Jean-Baptiste d’Avrange. It is decorated with the monumental stucco alabaster Rococo sculpture Fall of the Angels (1782) by sculptor Karl Georg Merville. It represents a cloudburst of angels and cherubs, falling from the ceiling towards the ground. It was the last major Baroque work completed in Vienna. The centerpiece of the high altar is Maria Candia, a Byzantine icon of the Virgin Mary, belonging to the Cretan School of hagiography and named after the former capital (now Heraklion), displayed as being carried by two archangels.[2][3]
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