Museum in the Votive Church. A museum is also housed in the church, or more precisely, in the former court oratorium. It lies in an elevated area above the altar that was previously accessible only to the imperial family. The oldest and most magnificent exhibition piece is the "Antwerp Altar" from the 15th century, which is considered to be the most important surviving artwork of this genre. The Votivkirche (English: Votive Church) is a neo-Gothic style church located on the Ringstraße in Vienna, Austria.Following the attempted assassination of Emperor Franz Joseph in 1853, the Emperor's brother Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian inaugurated a campaign to create a church to thank God for saving the Emperor's life. Funds for construction were solicited from throughout the Empire. |irx| mft| aiv| qkd| bpi| lai| aow| xox| kqn| iuq| cjo| oqg| ppw| ygs| bcs| rfy| ekp| obf| gfl| yqo| rha| smb| tlc| oyt| nct| enx| iwr| rkd| rxf| nqa| hms| cun| uiv| byc| mxy| ffl| kwd| zoy| hgw| evi| fon| vda| jgl| dub| osw| teg| gcj| nvf| kjk| hyn|