St. Gallus Church

Bregenz, Austria

The mighty St. Gallus church from the 17th to 18th century sits enthroned above the city. The church was constructed on a pre-Christian cult site and was redesigned on multiple occasions by the famous baroque master builders of the Bregenz Forest.

The church was built to the site of pre-Romanesque church founded around 450 AD. Irish monks Columbanus and his brother Gallus founded the destroyed church in 610 AD and ordered to rebuild it.

Religious sites in Austria

Address

Ernst-Volkmann-Stiege, Bregenz, Austria

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Details

Founded: 1737
Category: Religious sites in Austria

Rating

4.5/5 (based on Google user reviews)

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User Reviews

Виктория Зайцева (22 months ago)
The church makes an impression. I liked the silver altar and the nativity scene. Very beautiful. But most of all I was impressed by the monument to the victims of the World Wars in the churchyard. It is very symbolic, given that a cruel and inhuman war is now going on in the European country of Ukraine.

Alex (5 years ago)
Words cannot adequately express the beauty of this church. The details, the art, the architecture, the sense of oeace and tranquility that pervades the atmosphere. Absolutely breathtaking.

Touring Tim (5 years ago)
Beautiful to walk around and finish off with an ice cream by the lake

Amazing Klang (5 years ago)
Well-maintained church with nice ceiling.

Ralf Schubert (6 years ago)
Neogotik vom Feinsten...

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