St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna

St. Stephen's Cathedral
Cathedral and Metropolitan Church of Saint Stephen and All Saints
Stephansdom (German), Dom- und Metropolitankirche zu Sankt Stephan und allen Heiligen (German)
48°12′31″N 16°22′23″E / 48.2085°N 16.373°E / 48.2085; 16.373
Location	Vienna
Country	Austria
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Website	stephanskirche.at
History
Status	Cathedral (also parish church)
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Style	Romanesque, Gothic
Groundbreaking	1137
Completed	1578
Specifications
Length	107 metres (351 ft)
Width	70 metres (230 ft)
Nave width	38.9 metres (128 ft)
Height	136.7 metres (448 ft)
Number of spires	2 main
Spire height	North: 68.3 metres (224 ft) South: 136.44 metres (447.6 ft)
Materials	limestone
Bells	22
Administration
Archdiocese	Vienna
Clergy
Archbishop	Christoph Cardinal Schönborn, OP
Laity
Director of music	Markus Landerer (Domkapellmeister)
Organist(s)	Thomas Dolezal Ernst Wally Konstantin Reymaier

St. Stephen's Cathedral (German: Stephansdom [ˈʃ͡tɛfansˌdoːm]) is a Roman Catholic church in Vienna, Austria, and the mother church of the Archdiocese of Vienna. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Vienna, Christoph Schönborn.

The current Romanesque and Gothic form of the cathedral, seen today in the Stephansplatz, was largely initiated by Duke Rudolf IV (1339–1365) and stands on the ruins of two earlier churches, the first a parish church consecrated in 1147. The most important religious building in Vienna, St. Stephen's Cathedral has borne witness to many important events in Habsburg and Austrian history and has, with its multi-coloured tile roof, become one of the city's most recognizable symbols. It has 256 stairs from the top to the bottom ^[1]