The Dom zu St. Pölten is the cathedral of Lower Austria’s provincial capital, with a Baroque interior (white stucco, gold accents, ceiling frescoes) remodeled in the 18th century by Jakob Prandtauer, the architect who also designed Stift Melk’s famous riverside facade. The church occupies a site with Roman-era Christian origins going back to the 4th century. St. Pölten is 40 minutes from Vienna Westbahnhof by direct train. Free entry; generally open daily. The Prandtauer connection links this cathedral architecturally to Stift Melk and to the broader Baroque program that shaped Lower Austria’s monastery landscape.
church in St. Pölten
Dom zu St. Poelten
The Dom zu St. Pölten is the cathedral of Lower Austria's provincial capital, a Baroque (gold, white stucco, ceiling paintings) interior housed in a building whose origins go back to a Roman settlement and early medieval church foundation. St.
- Type
- church
- Destination
- St. Pölten
- Cost
- Free to visit
- Address
- 3100 Sankt Poelten
- Coordinates
- 48.2055, 15.6266