Minoritenplatz
Sign in to savethumb|upright=1.25|Minoritenplatz with Minoritenkirche The Minoritenplatz is one of the oldest public squares in Vienna. It is located in the first district Innere Stadt, and is dominated by the Minoritenkirche church, after which the square is named. The church itself was constructed by the Greyfriars (Minoriten), after the Austrian Duke Leopold VI of Austria invited them to Austria in 1224. Since the square is in direct proximity to the Hofburg Imperial Palace, a number of aristocratic families took up residence in the square from the 16th to the 18th century.
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thumb|upright=1.25|Minoritenplatz with Minoritenkirche The Minoritenplatz is one of the oldest public squares in Vienna. It is located in the first district Innere Stadt, and is dominated by the Minoritenkirche church, after which the square is named. The church itself was constructed by the Greyfriars (Minoriten), after the Austrian Duke Leopold VI of Austria invited them to Austria in 1224. Since the square is in direct proximity to the Hofburg Imperial Palace, a number of aristocratic families took up residence in the square from the 16th to the 18th century.
City-palaces (Palais) located at the Minoritenplatz are: Palais Dietrichstein (constructed in the 17th century, located at Minoritenplatz 3) Palais Liechtenstein (1706, Minoritenplatz 4, entrance also at Bankgasse 9) Palais Starhemberg (1650-1661, Minoritenplatz 5) Palais Niederösterreich (1839-1848, Minoritenplatz 7, entrance also at Herrengasse 13) Landeshauptmannschaft (formerly Statthaltereigebäude, Minoritenplatz 9, entrance also at Herrengasse 11)
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Minoritenplatz” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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