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Catholic Europe is awash with secret symbols. If you’re carting around bored kids, challenge them to identify the saints and holy figures by their attributes. Sword The Archangel Michael is the leader of the Army of God, and frequently carries a flaming sword. In the Book of Revelation, he has
Continue readingArchangel Michael, Dreifaltigkeitskirche (Holy Trinity Church), Graz, Austria
The spouse of the Virgin Mary and the foster father of Jesus gets a supporting role on the front of the Dreifaltigkeitskirche. He’s holding a stick of blooming lilies – a sight you may see on other European churches. Joseph & The Staff of Lilies There’s an apocryphal story that
Continue readingSaint Joseph, Dreifaltigkeitskirche (Holy Trinity Church), Graz, Austria
Wherever you go, and whatever you do in Graz, take a walk around the Schlossberg. It may look like a romantic ruin now, but in the Guinness Book of World Records the Schlossberg bears the title of the strongest fortification of all time. Not even Napoleon could bring it down.
As you’re wending your way up the hill past the Clock Tower, sneak a peek down the well. Turkish Well Like the Russian steps, the Türkenbrunnen (“Turkish Well”) has a convoluted genealogy. The deep well – 94 meters down to groundwater – was the brainchild of Domenico dell’Allio, the man
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During its heyday, the Schlossberg’s “Casemate” served a double purpose. By day, it housed stores/goods for the fortress. At night, it became the sleeping quarters for – I assume – very uncomfortable prisoners. After the Schlossberg was forcibly disassembled in 1807, the Kasematten became an impromptu theater. Beethoven’s opera, Fidelio,
Continue readingKasematten Stage, Schlossberg, Graz, Austria
Renaissance engineering was fairly spectacular. The Große Zisterne (“Large Cistern” or “Great Well”) is the equivalent of a massive rainwater barrel. Interconnected shafts were built to channel and collect rainwater from surrounding buildings into a 16-meter deep basin. Its overall capacity is 900,000 liters. The cistern was created 10 years
Continue readingLarge Cistern & Bell Tower, Schlossberg, Graz, Austria
Personal plug here – if you’re looking for dining options on the Schlossberg, may I recommend the Schlossberg Restaurant? On a busy summer’s night in the city, they accommodated a bunch of hungry and slightly unkempt Aussies and Kiwis without a reservation. The food was universally delicious, the bill was
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Chronic asthmatics may wish to skip the ~260 steps that lead up the Schlossberg Clock Tower. But if you’re keen to get a great view of the city to the west, have at it. You’ll find the bottom of the Schlossbergstiege at the Schlossbergplatz near the Holy Trinity Church and
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The Clock Tower is the Eiffel Tower of Graz. It’s plastered over every tourism brochure and hyped by every guide. And with good reason. It’s an odd little sentinel on the Schlossberg, visible from all points of the old city and beyond. Built in the middle of the 16th century, the
Continue readingUhrturm (Clock Tower), Schlossberg, Graz, Austria