The Kajetan Church in Salzburg, Austria was purchased for use as a seminary for the order of the Kajetaner. The building includes a church and hospital.
The Cajetan Church is a typical product of the Italian Baroque in Salzburg. The broad, palatial façade connects the church and abbey to form a single unit. The most significant mark is the dome of the church, hiding the extensive abbey behind the church building as well as the attached hospital. Church and hospital are first recorded in documents from 1150.
Prince Archbishop Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau purchased the building to use it for a priest seminar run by the order of the Kajetaner. The hospital was transferred to the order of the "Barmherzige Brüder" in 1923.
The church is dedicated to Saint Maximilian. In its current style it was built between 1685 and 1697 through the architect Giovanni Gaspare Zucalli, who also built the parish church of Nonntal.
Photo: Elisabeth Fazel.
Sources Text: www.visit-salzburg.net, www.salzburg.info
The Cajetan Church is a typical product of the Italian Baroque in Salzburg. The broad, palatial façade connects the church and abbey to form a single unit. The most significant mark is the dome of the church, hiding the extensive abbey behind the church building as well as the attached hospital. Church and hospital are first recorded in documents from 1150.
Prince Archbishop Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau purchased the building to use it for a priest seminar run by the order of the Kajetaner. The hospital was transferred to the order of the "Barmherzige Brüder" in 1923.
The church is dedicated to Saint Maximilian. In its current style it was built between 1685 and 1697 through the architect Giovanni Gaspare Zucalli, who also built the parish church of Nonntal.
Photo: Elisabeth Fazel.
Sources Text: www.visit-salzburg.net, www.salzburg.info
