Vienna Churches
All European churches are quite grand. St. Stephens is the center of Vienna, but very crowded. Saw some of it, and toured the catacombs where we were not allowed to take pictures. Here's an Internet picture of the nave. Mine were just full of people.
Its roof is supposed to be remarkable, and it is, but it isn't unique in Vienna. This was has been rebuilt after a fire.
The catacombs contained very old graves of the Hapsburg's. From the 6-700s CE. Younger graves are in coffins in a different location, but the organs of those folks are in lead jars in the catacombs. Again, no pictures allowed.
Here's a couple of the amazing sarcophogi of more recent folks: 
Saint Peter's -- Another great church:
And just the outside of Karl's church? At Karlsplatz -- Lovely on Ascension Thursday:
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