Franziskanerkirche, Salzburg, Austria

Franziskanerkirche, Salzburg, Austria

Salzburg’s Franciscan Church is a lovely muddle of Romanesque, Gothic, Baroque and Neo-Gothic. Like the Dom, it owes its origins to the stalwart work of St. Virgil. Unlike the Dom, it is known as the church of the middle class – the wealthy burghers of Salzburg hired the architect Hans von Burghausen to create the stupendous Gothic choir (1408 to 1450).

Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach Bonus: The famous architect responsible for Vienna’s Karlskirche and the decoration for Graz’s Mausoleum, also found time to embellish the church interior.