Imperial Crypt

The Imperial Crypt, also called the Capuchin Crypt, is a burial chamber beneath the and monastery in , Austria. It was founded in 1618 and dedicated in 1632, and located on the Neuer Markt square of the , near the Hofburg Palace.
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  • Opening hours: 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: burial place of the House of Habsburg
  • Also known as: “Capuchin Crypt”, “Imperial Crypt Vaults”, “Kaisergruft”, and “Kapuzinergruft”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Albertina and Vienna State Opera.

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The is a in the of , . It houses one of the largest and most important print rooms in the world with approximately 65,000 drawings and approximately 1 million old master prints, as well as more modern graphic works, photographs and architectural drawings. is situated 190 metres southwest of Imperial Crypt.

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The is an opera house and opera company located in , Austria. The 1,709-seat Renaissance Revival venue was the first major building on the Vienna Ring Road. is situated 290 metres south of Imperial Crypt.

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The Austrian National Library is the largest library in , with more than 12 million items in its various collections. The library is located in the of the in of . is situated 260 metres west of Imperial Crypt.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bermudadreieck and Naschmarkt.

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is a neighborhood.

Locality
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The is a popular fruit and vegetable market in . Located at the Wienzeile over the Wien River, it is about 1.5 kilometres long. Originally known as Aschenmarkt, it started to be called the around 1820.

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is the fourth district of . Its north border is the Vienna river, the Prinz Eugen Straße the east and the Gürtel the south.

Imperial Crypt

Latitude
48.20577° or 48° 12′ 21″ north
Longitude
16.37017° or 16° 22′ 13″ east
Wheelchair access
limited
Open location code
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Imperial Crypt” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “السرداب الإمبراطوري”
  • Arabic: “السرداب الكبوشي”
  • Armenian: “Կայսերական դամբարան”
  • Bashkir: “Император төрбәһе”
  • Belarusian: “Імператарскі склеп”
  • Belarusian: “Імпэратарская пахавальня”
  • Bulgarian: “Императорска крипта”
  • Catalan: “Cripta Imperial de Viena”
  • Chechen: “Императоран къубба”
  • Chinese: “皇家墓穴”
  • Czech: “Císařská hrobka ve Vídni”
  • Czech: “císařská hrobka”
  • Czech: “Císařská hrobka”
  • Danish: “Kapucinerkrypten”
  • Dutch: “Kapuzinergruft”
  • Esperanto: “Imperia kripto, Vieno”
  • Estonian: “Keiserlik krüpt”
  • Finnish: “Keisarillinen krypta”
  • French: “crypte des Capucins”
  • French: “Crypte des Capucins”
  • Galician: “Cripta Imperial de Viena”
  • German: “Die Kaiser Gruft”
  • German: “Kaisergruft”
  • German: “Kapuzinergruft”
  • Greek: “Αυτοκρατορική Κρύπτη της Βιέννης”
  • Greek: “Κρύπτη των Καπουτσίνων”
  • Hebrew: “הקריפטה הקיסרית”
  • Hungarian: “császári kripta”
  • Hungarian: “Császári kripta”
  • Indonesian: “Kaisergruft”
  • Irish: “An Lusca Impiriúil”
  • Italian: “Cripta Imperiale”
  • Japanese: “カプツィーナー納骨堂”
  • Korean: “황실 묘지”
  • Korean: “황실납골당”
  • Latvian: “Kapucīniešu kapenes”
  • Latvian: “Ķeizaru kapenes”
  • Maltese: “Kripta Imperjali”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kapusinerkrypten”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kapusinarkrypta”
  • Norwegian: “Kapusinerkrypten”
  • Persian: “گورابه سلطنتی”
  • Polish: “Krypta Kapucyńska w Wiedniu”
  • Portuguese: “Cripta Imperial de Viena”
  • Romanian: “Cripta Capucinilor din Viena”
  • Russian: “Императорская усыпальница”
  • Russian: “Императорский склеп”
  • Slovak: “Kapucínska krypta”
  • Slovenian: “Cesarska grobnica”
  • Slovenian: “Cesarska kripta”
  • Slovenian: “Kapucinska grobnica”
  • Slovenian: “Kapucinska kripta”
  • Spanish: “Cripta de los Capuchinos”
  • Spanish: “Cripta Imperial de Viena”
  • Spanish: “Kapuzinergruft”
  • Swedish: “Kungliga kryptan i Österrike”
  • Tagalog: “Imperial Crypt”
  • Ukrainian: “Імператорський склеп”
  • Vietnamese: “Hầm mộ Hoàng gia”

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