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and is still the centre of political power today. The stairs on the right (facing the portico)
lead up the
Grosser Wappensaal
(Heraldic Hall), with its magnificent
trompe l'œil
gallery
painted by Carinthian artist Josef Ferdinand Fromiller (1693-1760).
CHURCH
Stadthauptpfarrkirche St Egyd
(
http://st-egid-klagenfurt.at
;
Pfarrplatz; church free, tower adult/child €1/0.50; tower 10am-5.30pm Mon-Fri, to
11.30pm Sat Easter-mid-Sep)
Climb the 225 steps of this church's 45m-high tower for a bird's-
eye view of town and the surrounding mountains.
Dom
(Domplatz 1; dawn-dusk)
Klagenfurt's cathedral is a monolith with an ornate marble pulpit
and a sugary pink-and-white stuccoed ceiling. Its highlight is an altar painting by Paul
Troger in one of the chapels.
CATHEDRAL
MMKK
GALLERY
(Museum für Moderne Kunst Kärnten;
www.mmkk.at
; Burggasse 8; adult/child €5/free; 10am-6pm Tue, Wed &
Fri-Sun, to 8pm Thu, closed Mon)
This gallery for modern and contemporary art stages three or
four excellent temporary exhibitions each year based on its collection of Carinthian and
mostly national artists, including the likes of Arnulf Rainer and Hans Staudacher.
Botanischer Garten
( 9am-6pm daily May-Sep, to 4pm Mon-Thu Oct-Apr)
The small botanical garden is espe-
cially popular for its evocative landscape of small cliffs with alpine plants, and for anoth-
er section with a waterfall and ponds. Adjoining it is the
Kreuzberglkirche
, perched on a hil-
lock with some pretty mosaics of the Stations of the Cross on the path leading up to it.
Take bus 60 or 61 from Heiligengeistplatz to Kreuzbergl.
GARDEN
Europapark
Minimundus
AMUSEMENT PARK
