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As early as in the Middle Ages, St. Veit was
already the meeting place of kings and
emperors. Following in this tradition,...
Friesach Gate
The Friesach Gate was the main eastern gate into the town. It ...
Herzogburg Fortress
The Herzogburg fortress in Burggasse was built between 1523 and 1529 to house the Dukes’ armoury. The five-storey tower in the northern corner of the city walls also dates back to this time. The three-storey wing building annexed...
Herzog Bernhard Square and Klagenfurt Gate
The square that is some 100m long was once part of Klagenfurter street and was given...
Liars Brigde
A water channel once ran between the houses at the end of Spitalgasse, this was known as the “fire” brook. In the Middle Ages, every town had to have a...
Carinthia House
Kärntner Sparkasse: The stately, three - storey building is an excellent divider between Main Square and Lower Square and also an end point to square - like Spitalgasse...
Schüsselbrunnen - Fountain
The eastern half of the Main Square is divided by 
the Schüsselbrunnen - fountain. The wide stone
basin of the fountain is of Romain origin...
Infant Jesus
On the building number 2 on the Main Square, at the corner high up underneath the Gothic stone baldachin, there is thr wooden statue of...
Town Hall – Façade and Inner Courtyard
What remained intact from the Late Gothic three-storey
building from the 15th century are the ogival arch portal and the metal cast plate –...
St. Veit’s Main Square
St. Veits Main Square is narrow and rectangular; 
it is encircled by stately houses...
Charnel House
The charnel house south of the parish church is 
a two-storey, circular Romanesque building of the
12th or 13th century....
Parish Church of Saint Veit
The parish church of Saint Veit (since the 18th
century also of the Most Holy Trinity) is a Late
Romanesque three-nave pillar basilica dating
back to the 12th and early...
Stone Statue of Saint Veit
The narrow lane leads up to the corner of house number 14 on the Main Square (the Besold bookshop), where a Late Gothic stone statue of Saint Veit is inserted, dating back to the third....
Sudetengasse and Town Mosaic
In the narrow lane, on a house façade on the right there is a mosaic depicting part...
Birthplace of Dr. Arhur Lemisch
Austrian politician Arthur Lemisch was born on 6 February 1865 in this house. He died on 29 October 1953, also in St. Veit an der Glan. In his capacity of administrator...
Tombstone of a Roman Family
Left to the well-preserved semi-circular arch of the gate of house number 24 on the
The Walther-von-der Vogelweide fountain in
the south-western half of the square is made
from marble and stands out with its...
A journey through 900 years of St. Veit an der Glan history. The museum of the town illustrates the past and the present of railways, post and telecommunications services, road traffic and the...
Plague Column
The marble plague column in the centre of the square
was made by sculptor Angelo de Putti to a commission
of the town corporation and...
Rose Garden and Graben Garden
The queen of flowers invites the visitor to rest a little
in a secret garden, the Rose Garden of St. Veit, hidden
away on the medieval city wall,...
The bastion tower at the western corner of the city walls dates back to 1532 and was built to accommodate canons. From 1531 to 1534, the city wall was...
The town of
On
The city walls made from massive quarry stones were built in the last quarter of the 14th century and the major parts of the walls are still preserved. The wall is 7 to 10 metres high, plus a...
The hospital and the hospital church north of the monastery church make up a group of two-storey Gothic buildings of the 14th century encircling a long-stretched...
The monastery church “Unsere Liebe Frau für Klarissinnen” was built on commission of Konrad von Aufenstein and his wife Diemut between 1323 and 1326. A single-nave, Early Gothic hall church with an equally wide termination of the choir in...
The Blumenhotel is the first design hotel of Carinthia where both architectural and interior design are dedicated to the fascination of blossom and flowers. With...
modern I new I multi-functional: In June 2009, the ducal town opened a new event centre for conferences, trade shows, evening entertainment and...
