St. Hieronymus
In St. Hieronymus—known in German as the *Franziskanerkirche hl. Hieronymus*—Vienna once had a Franciscan church that mixed Renaissance restraint with Baroque theatre. The Franciscans took over the former “Penitents’” convent in 1589, a complex originally built between 1383 and 1387; before that, their first Vienna monastery from 1451, at St. Theobald, was destroyed in 1529. The church was completed in 1607, while a monastery for about 200 brothers followed in 1630, and the interior was only finished around 1720. What made it distinctive was its layered artistry: the outside facade was erected in 1603 in Renaissance style, yet the interior turned Baroque. The high altar with the Virgin Mary was designed by Andrea Pozzo in 1707, and Vienna’s oldest organ—carved and designed by Johann Wockerl in 1642—was built into the church. Although St. …
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