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St Peter's Abbey (German: Stift Sankt Peter), or St Peter's Archabbey (German: Erzabtei Stift Sankt Peter, Latin: Archiabbatia sancti Petri Salisburgensis), is a Benedictine monastery and former cathedral in the Austrian city of Salzburg. [1] It is considered one of the oldest monasteries in the German-speaking area, and in fact the oldest with ...
The first Abbey Church of St. Peter was built in 696 by Rupert, Bishop of Worms. Today's Abbey Church was built in the 12th century and remodelled several times over the centuries, and today combines elements of Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo styles. The historic main organ and the various chapels are particularly interesting.
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The first monastery church of St. Peter was built around 696 by Rupert (Hruodpert), when he revived the Romanesque monastic community that had existed since late antiquity. The current church, which essentially dates back to a building from 1125-1143 and was consecrated in 1147, also contains a mighty church tower from the 9th century, which ...
Archabbey St. Peter is the oldest monastery in the German-speaking area. It was founded in 696 by Bishop Rupert of Worms as a monastery with the purpose of proselytizing the area. St. Peter’s abbey church (colloquially known as “Peter’s church”) is the oldest bishopric church of the Salzburg archdiocese. Archeological finds beneath the ...
St. Peter's Abbey is the oldest functioning order in the German speaking world. The abbey was founded in 696 and the abbey church here was built in 1130. The cemetery behind it was the inspiration for the cemetery in The Sound of Music.
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Feb 13, 2020 · 397. Main altar. yaz999 (Atlas Obscura User) Nestled in the center of Salzburg, the catacombs of St. Peter’s Abbey are an integral part of the oldest church and cemetery in the city. Constructed ...
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The main entrance of the abbey faces the southern side-entrance to the Franziskanerkirche. St. Peter is the oldest monastery in the German-speaking world; some say the oldest continuously active monastery North of the Alps. In any case, St. Peter was formally re-vived by St. Rupert in 696.
