Virgilkapelle under Stephansplatz

Thousands of people rush across Stephansplatz every day, and hardly anyone suspects what lies directly below them. Deep under the pavement lies the Virgilkapelle, one of the best preserved Gothic interiors in Vienna. It was created around 1220/1230 as a substructure of a chapel in the then cemetery of St. Stephan. Later it belonged to the rich Viennese Chrannest family, and temporarily the remains from the cemetery were stored over it.

In the late 18th century In the 20th century, the chapel was demolished over it, and the room fell into oblivion for almost 200 years. It was not until the construction of the station Stephansplatz that he was encountered again in 1973. Today, a spiral staircase with 23 steps leads down to the red wheel crosses in the wall niches painted around 1246 and to a small museum about medieval Vienna.