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Palais Schwarzenberg
III., Schwarzenbergplatz 9
Tel. 798 45 15 (Hotel)

From 1716 on, this edifice was owned by the influential Schwarzenberg family, large landowners in both Austria and Bohemia, who for generations served the Habsburgs as politicians, generals, civil servants and clergymen. The Schwarzenbergs are even now active as lobbyists and, for example, as advisers to the Czech government. The ‘Palais’ was chiefly designed by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach and his son, and now contains a first-class hotel with an excellent gastronomical restaurant.

Pasqualatihaus
I., Mölker Bastei 8
Tel. 535 89 05
Tuesday-Sunday 9am-12.15pm, 1pm-4.30pm

During his Vienna period, Beethoven moved house no less than sixty (60!) times. Only in the house belonging to his friend and physician Pasqualati did he live repeatedly between 1804 and 1815. Here he composed Fidelio and some symphonies.

Peterskirche
I., Petersplatz
Tel. 533 64 33
Monday-Friday 6.30am-6.30pm, Saturday/Sunday 7.30am-6.30pm

Enormous baroque church, begun in 1702 by Gabriele Montani and completed until 1733 by Lukas von Hildebrandt. The first Christian shrine of the Late-Roman period is said to have stood here. A giant dome arches over a nave with a 56 m diametre. The choir astounds by a large trompe l’oeuil, and the baroque pulpit is particularly theatrical.

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