What it is
Frederick III had the church built between 1438 and 1464 beside his castle, and it became a cathedral in 1786. On the outer south wall is the Landplagenbild of 1485, a fresco showing the three plagues that struck Graz in 1480 – locusts, the plague and the Ottoman raids – with one of the oldest views of the city. The interior was furnished in baroque style with a high altar and the reliquary chests of Paola Gonzaga.
The Mausoleum next door, begun in 1614 by the Italian architect Giovanni Pietro de Pomis, holds the tomb of Ferdinand II, and its interior was decorated later by the young Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach.
Getting there by bus
Bus 30 stops at Freiheitsplatz/Schauspielhaus and Trauttmansdorffgasse, both about 100 metres from the cathedral. The trams at Hauptplatz/Congress are about five minutes' walk away through the narrow lanes of the old town.
The Burg with its double spiral staircase and the Stadtpark are just behind the cathedral.
