Karlskirche

Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach

Baroque imperial confidence — a hellenistic dome flanked by Trajan-style columns telling the story of Saint Charles.

Dome rises 72 m over a hemisphere echoing Hagia Sophia
Two giant columns carved with reliefs (rare in church architecture)
Frescoed ceiling by J.M. Rottmayr depicts the apotheosis of St. Charles Borromeo