Grazer Dom

The south exterior wall of the Grazer Dom holds a 15th-century fresco called the Landplagenbild, showing three catastrophes threatening Styria at the same time: a plague of locusts, bubonic plague, and a Turkish invasion. All three were genuine contemporary threats when Emperor Frederick III commissioned the painting in the 1480s.

The Grazer Dom in central Graz carries two historical layers that are each worth attention. The exterior south wall preserves the Landplagenbild, a 15th-century fresco showing locusts, plague, and Turkish invasion descending on Styria simultaneously, a real depiction of the threats Frederick III faced. The Gothic interior was later redecorated in Baroque style (ornate gold, stucco, ceiling painting) as part of the Counter-Reformation re-Catholicization of Styria in the 17th century. Free entry. Burggasse 3, 2 minutes from Herrengasse. Combine with the adjacent Mausoleum of Ferdinand II for the full Graz imperial and confessional history.