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Jesuitenkirche
I., Dr.Ignaz-Seipel-Platz

This church was built in 1627 and restructured between 1703 and 1707 by the architect and painter Andrea Pozzo. In particular the frescoes of the central nave’s barrel vaulting, which represent a ‘virtual’ cupola, are well worth looking at.

Josephinum
IX., Währingerstrasse 25
Tel 427 76 34 01
Monday-Friday 9am-3pm; May-Sept 1st Sat of the month 10am-2p

The Institute for the History of Medicine was founded by Emperor Joseph II and contains a collection of anatomical wax figures. In the 18th century, army doctors used these to study the human organs.

Jüdisches Museum
I., Dorotheergasse 11
Tel. 535 04 31
www.jmw.at
Sunday-Friday 10am-6pm, Thursdays till 8pm

The Jewish Museum opened in 1993 and was enlarged in 1996. It tells about the long history of Vienna’s Jewish community. Of the 183,000 Jewish Viennese, only 2,000 survived tha Holocaust. Also holds temporary exhibitions.

Kapuzinergruft (Crypt) - Kaisergruft unter der Kapuzinerkirche
I., Neuer Markt
512 68 53 12
www.kaisergruft.at
Daily 9.30am-3.30pm

From 1633 onwards, everyone with any name and fame under the Habsburg Monarchy was buried in the Imperial crypt under the Kapuzinerkirche.

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