Minoritenkirche

Interesting French Gothic Church from 1276.

There is a life sized replica mosaic of Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper" commissioned by Napoleon on the northern wall. Very quiet peaceful church.

n Vienna's Innere Stadt (the inner city), we by accident came across the The Minorite Church (an order of Franciscans). Unlike many of the highly touted, must-see cathedrals that we have visited, this church has a relatively modest exterior and interior. There is no baroque excess--just the basics. But there were two outstanding features: a full-length reproduction of The Last Supper and a small statue of the crucifixion in the middle of the altarpiece. The painting, boldly and dramatically saturated with vivid colors, appeared to our untrained eyes to be the spruced-up original, just as the grimy, discolored figures in Michelangelo's masterpiece at the Sistine Chapel have been restored to their former luster. The crucified Christ in itself wasn't very different from the ones we have admired in other churches, but this statue had an unusually eerie, otherworldly ambiance from the subdued light of the small dome surrounding it. If you are in the area, it is well worth a stop