Minoritenkirche
The Minoritenkirche, formally called Italienische Nationalkirche Maria Schnee, was built in French Gothic style in the Altstadt or First District of Vienna, Austria.Photo: Bwag, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Bwag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: church in Vienna
- Also known as: “Friars Minor Conventual Church” and “Italian National Church of Mary of the Snows”
- Address: Minoritenplatz 2a, Wien, 1010
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Esperanto Museum and Collection of Planned Languages and State Hall of the Austrian National Library.
Esperanto Museum and Collection of Planned Languages
Museum
Photo: Makarie, Public domain.
The Esperanto Museum of the Austrian National Library is one of the oldest language museums in the world and one of the major institutions of its kind. Esperanto Museum and Collection of Planned Languages is situated 120 metres east of Minoritenkirche.
State Hall of the Austrian National Library
Museum
Photo: Richard Hopkins, CC BY 2.0.
The Austrian National Library is the largest library in Austria, with more than 12 million items in its various collections. The library is located in the Neue Burg Wing of the Hofburg in center of Vienna. State Hall of the Austrian National Library is situated 430 metres southeast of Minoritenkirche.
Spanish Riding School
Photo: sparre, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Spanish Riding School is an Austrian institution based in Vienna, dedicated to the preservation of classical dressage and the training of Lipizzaner horses, whose performances in the Hofburg are also a tourist attraction. Spanish Riding School is situated 320 metres southeast of Minoritenkirche.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bermudadreieck and Josefstadt.
Josefstadt
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Josefstadt is the 8th district of Vienna. It is bounded on the north side by Alser Straße, by the "2er Linie" on the east, Lerchenfelder Straße on the south, and the Gürtel on the west.
Minoritenkirche
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Innere Stadt, Vienna, Austria, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
48.2095° or 48° 12′ 34″ northLongitude
16.36382° or 16° 21′ 50″ eastInception
1226Height
13 metres (41 feet)Operator
Society of Saint Pius XNamed after
Our Lady of the SnowsOpen location code
8FWR6957+QGOpenStreetMap ID
way 305823756OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicWikidata ID
Q688468
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Minoritenkirche” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “方济住院会教堂”
- Chinese: “方濟住院會教堂”
- Czech: “Kostel Panny Marie Sněžné ve Vídni”
- Czech: “Minoritský kostel ve Vídni”
- Czech: “Minoritský kostel”
- Dutch: “Minorietenkerk”
- Dutch: “Minoritenkirche”
- Esperanto: “Minoritana preĝejo (Vieno)”
- Esperanto: “Minoritana preĝejo”
- French: “église des Frères mineurs”
- French: “Église des Frères mineurs”
- French: “Église des Mineurs”
- German: “Minoritenkirche Maria Schnee”
- German: “Minoritenkirche, Wien”
- German: “Minoritenkirche”
- Italian: “chiesa dei Minoriti”
- Italian: “Chiesa dei Minoriti”
- Italian: “Chiesa Nazionale Italiana Madonna della Neve”
- Italian: “Italienische Nationalkirche Maria Schnee”
- Italian: “Minoritenkirche”
- Japanese: “ミノリーテン教会”
- Persian: “کلیسای مریم برفها”
- Russian: “Миноритенкирхе”
- Serbian: “Миноритска црква”
- Slovak: “Minoritský kostol (Viedeň)”
- Slovak: “Minoritský kostol”
- Spanish: “Minoritenkirche”
- Ukrainian: “Церква міноритів”
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