Karlskirche

Karlskirche
Religion
Affiliation	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Leadership	P. DDr. Marek Pucalik O.Cr.
Year consecrated	1737
Status	Active
Location
Location	Vienna, Austria
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Geographic coordinates	48°11′53.81″N 16°22′18.84″E / 48.1982806°N 16.3719000°E / 48.1982806; 16.3719000
Architecture
Architect(s)	Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, Joseph Emanuel Fischer von Erlach
Type	Church
Style	Baroque, Rococo
Founder	Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor
Groundbreaking	1716
Completed	1737
Specifications
Direction of façade	NNW
Length	55 m (180.4 ft)
Width	40 m (131.2 ft)
Dome(s)	1
Dome height (outer)	70 m (229.7 ft)
Website
www.karlskirche.at

The Rektoratskirche St. Karl Borromäus, commonly called the Karlskirche (German for 'Charles Church'),^[1] is a Baroque church located on the south side of Karlsplatz in Vienna, Austria. Widely considered the most outstanding baroque church in Vienna, as well as one of the city's greatest buildings, the church is dedicated to Saint Charles Borromeo, one of the great counter-reformers of the sixteenth century.^[2]

Located just outside of Innere Stadt in Wieden, approximately 200 metres outside the Ringstraße, the church contains a dome in the form of an elongated ellipsoid.