Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #2 in Graz, Austria

The Church of St. Lukas is a Roman Catholic church in the 5th district of Gries, Graz. The pastoral care centre is a branch church of the parish of St. Andrä and belongs to the Graz-Mitte deanery of the Graz City Church.

Wikipedia: St. Lukas (Graz) (DE)

The Church of the Immaculate Conception, Church of Mary Immaculate or Parish Church of Graz-Immaculate Conception is a Roman Catholic church in the 5th district of Gries, Graz. It is dedicated to the Immaculate Conception and parish church of the parish of Graz-Immaculate Conception in the hospital of the city in the deanery of Graz-Mitte of the city church of Graz.

Wikipedia: Altersheimkirche (DE)

The Welsche Kirche is a Roman Catholic church in the 5th district of Gries, Graz. Today it is the local chaplaincy of Graz-Welsche Kirche St. Franz de Paula, which belongs to the parish of Graz-St. Andrä and belongs to the Graz-Mitte deanery of the Graz City Church.

Wikipedia: Welsche Kirche (DE)

The parish church of St. Andrä is located on St.-Andrä-Platz in the 5th district of Graz Gries. It is dedicated to the Apostle Andrew, and is the parish church of the parish of Graz-St. Andrä in the deanery of Graz-Mitte of the city church of Graz.

Wikipedia: Kirche St. Andrä (Graz) (DE)

The Old Catholic Church of the Resurrection is the parish church of the Old Catholic parish of Graz for Styria and southern Burgenland. It was dedicated to St. Christopher and was renamed the Old Catholic Church of the Resurrection in 2010 after a renovation. It is located in the 5th district of Gries, in the building of today's New Middle School St. Andrä.

Wikipedia: Altkatholische Kirche (Graz) (DE)

The Franciscan Church and Franciscan Monastery are a church and associated monastery in the centre of the city of Graz, Austria. The monastery was founded by the Franciscan order, who still own it, and is first mentioned in 1239.

Wikipedia: Franciscan Church, Graz (EN)

The Stefaniensaal is one of the most traditional concert and event halls in Graz.

Wikipedia: Stefaniensaal (DE)

The Universalmuseum Joanneum is a multidisciplinary museum with buildings in several locations in the state of Styria, Austria. It has galleries and collections in many subject areas including archaeology, geology, paleontology, mineralogy, botany, zoology, history, art and folk culture. It is the oldest museum in Austria as well as the largest universal museum in central Europe with over 4.5 million objects in 13 departments and 12 locations in the Styrian cities of Graz, Stainz, Trautenfels, and Wagna. To reflect this status and its growth over the last two centuries, as well as to present a more recognizable image internationally, the Landesmuseum Joanneum was officially renamed to Universalmuseum Joanneum on 10 September 2009.

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The Graz City Hall houses the official seat of the Graz city government, i.e. the mayor of Graz, the municipal council and parts of the city administration.

Wikipedia: Grazer Rathaus (DE)

The Styrian Armoury, in the Austrian city of Graz, is the world's largest historic armoury and attracts visitors from all over the world. It holds approximately 32,000 pieces of weaponry, tools, suits of armour for battle and ones for parades.

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The Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Blood, or Provost's, Main and Parish Church of Graz-Hl. Blut, or Grazer Stadtpfarrkirche for short, is located in the Graz district of Innere Stadt. It is the parish church of the parish of Graz-Hl. Blood in the deanery of Graz-Mitte of the city church of Graz.

Wikipedia: Grazer Stadtpfarrkirche (DE)

Palais Welsersheimb is a baroque city palace in Graz, Germany, on the corner of Hans-Sachs-Gasse and Am Eisernen Tor in the Innere Stadt district. Today, the premises are home to the Moser bookstore, among others.

Wikipedia: Palais Welsersheimb (DE)

The Next Liberty is a children's and youth theatre in the first district of Graz, Innere Stadt. With over 65,000 spectators and more than 200 performances per season, it is one of the five most successful in the German-speaking world. The company belongs to the Theaterholding Graz.

Wikipedia: Next Liberty (DE)

The Church of the Redeemer is one of the five Protestant churches in the Styrian capital of Graz. It is the parish church of the Protestant parish of A.u.H.B. Graz-Heilandskirche. The church was built in the early historicist style. It is located on Kaiser-Josef-Platz in the 2nd district of St. Leonhard in Graz.

Wikipedia: Heilandskirche (Graz) (DE), Website

The Graz Opera is an Austrian opera house and opera company based in Graz. The orchestra of the opera house also performs concerts as the Graz Philharmonic Orchestra.

Wikipedia: Graz Opera (EN), Website

The Halle für Kunst Steiermark is an exhibition house for contemporary visual art in Graz. Since January 2013, the Kunstverein Medienturm has been responsible for the programmatic orientation and operation of the house.

Wikipedia: Künstlerhaus Graz (DE), Website

The Burgtor is located at the interface between Hofgasse and Erzherzog-Johann-Allee. It is located in the Inner City district of Graz and is part of the Graz City Crown. Apart from the outer Paulustor, the building is the only surviving Walltor in the city of Graz.

Wikipedia: Burgtor (Graz) (DE)

The mausoleum of the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II (1578–1637) next to Graz Cathedral is a monumental sacred and representative building from the 17th century, which was joined together from two existing buildings. The complex, which began in 1614, was continued until 1640, interrupted several times and completed in 1714 after long interruptions in construction, consists of St. Catherine's Church and the adjoining burial chapel of Emperor Ferdinand II and his family. They form one of the most important architectural monuments in Austria from Mannerism, the transitional period from the Renaissance to the Baroque.

Wikipedia: Mausoleum Kaiser Ferdinands II. (Graz) (DE)

Graz Cathedral, also called St. Giles' Cathedral, is the cathedral church in the Austrian city of Graz, dedicated to Saint Giles. It is the seat of the bishop of the Steiermark diocese from 1786, called the Diocese of Graz-Seckau.

Wikipedia: Graz Cathedral (EN)

The landscape plague picture, also called "God Plague Picture", is located on the southern outer wall of Graz Cathedral. The fresco, created in 1485, is probably by Thomas von Villach. It is considered one of the historically and artistically most important frescoes in Styria.

Wikipedia: Landplagenbild (DE)

The Diocesan Museum Graz is the museum of the Diocese of Graz-Seckau in Graz.

Wikipedia: Diözesanmuseum Graz (DE), Website

The Stiegenkirche is a Roman Catholic church in the first district of Graz, Innere Stadt. It can be entered through a characteristic staircase from Sporgasse, as it stands behind the row of houses. It forms the "Rectorate at the Staircase Church in Graz" of the Graz Cathedral Parish in the Graz-Mitte deanery of the City Church of Graz.

Wikipedia: Stiegenkirche (DE)

The Graz Museum, formerly City Museum Graz, in Sackstraße 18 is the cultural -historical museum of the Austrian city of Graz. The collections and exhibitions deal with city history and convey them. The historical collection and permanent exhibition “360Graz | A history of the city ”shows the political, economic and social history of the city of Graz. The museum is located in the baroque Palais Khuenburg, in which the Austrian heir to the throne Franz Ferdinand was born in 1863. Another location is located on the stable bastion near the summit plateau of the Graz Schloßberg.

Wikipedia: GrazMuseum (DE), Website

The Holy Trinity Church is a Roman Catholic church in the first district of Graz, Innere Stadt. It is located between Schloßbergplatz and Murkai in Sackstraße.

Wikipedia: Dreifaltigkeitskirche (Graz) (DE)

The Palais Khuenburg is a former city palace in Graz, Germany. Today, the Graz Museum is located in the premises.

Wikipedia: Palais Khuenburg (DE)

The Reinerhof, also known as the Reiner Hof, in the first district of the Innere Stadt, is the oldest documented building in the city of Graz. The name comes from its first owner, Rein Abbey.

Wikipedia: Reinerhof (DE)

The Fairytale Express Graz is a 2 km (1.2 mi) long 600 mm gauge grotto railway in the tunnel of the Schloßberg in Graz. It starts in the tunnel at the lower level of the Schloßberg lift, which is accessible from Schloßbergplatz.

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The Graz Clock Tower is a 28-metre-high clock tower. It stands on the Schloßberg and is the landmark of the Styrian capital Graz with its dials over 5 metres in diameter and gilded hands.

Wikipedia: Grazer Uhrturm (DE)

The Schauspielhaus Graz is an Austrian spoken theatre. It is part of the Graz city crown and is located in the first district of Innere Stadt.

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Anna Maria Josephine Plochl was the morganatic wife of Archduke John of Austria. She was given the title Baroness von Brandhofen and then Countess von Meran. She and her husband were the parents of Franz, Count von Meran.

Wikipedia: Anna Plochl (EN)

The Graz double spiral staircase, a twin spiral staircase, was built by stonemasons in 1499/1500 during the reign of the German King and later Emperor Maximilian I by an unknown master builder of a medieval builder's workshop in Graz Castle.

Wikipedia: Doppelwendeltreppe Graz (DE)

The (Eagle) Liberation Monument or Freedom Monument is a sculpture in the center of the Styrian capital Graz. The monument, created in 1960 by Wolfgang Skala, is dedicated to the end of the occupation in Austria and not, as previously assumed, to the liberation from National Socialism. This circumstance has recently been critically discussed.

Wikipedia: Befreiungsdenkmal (Graz) (DE)

The Graz City Park, the largest public park in Graz, was founded in 1869 on the area of the glacis in front of the city wall under Mayor Moritz Ritter von Franck and completed in 1872.

Wikipedia: Grazer Stadtpark (DE)