Michaelerkirche
Michaelerkirche—St. Michael’s Church—begins with a celestial dedication: it is named for the Archangel Michael. Standing at Michaelerplatz, it dates to about 1220–1240 and is counted among Vienna’s oldest churches, and among the few remaining late Romanesque buildings in the city. A document once gave 1221 as the foundation date, but that figure is considered a 14th-century forgery. What you’re seeing is the record of imperial power and changing tastes over more than eight centuries. The church served as the parish church of the Imperial Court, when it was known as *Zum heiligen Michael*, tying its worship directly to the Hofburg. Architecturally, it incorporates Gothic, Baroque, and Neoclassical elements, with a present-day aspect largely unchanged since 1792. …
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