Klagenfurt Cathedral was built in 1581 as a Protestant prayer house, making it the largest Protestant church built in Austria. Closed in 1600 during the Counter-Reformation, it was handed over four years later to the Jesuits who occupied it until the dissolution of the order in 1773. In 1787, the church was elevated to the rank of a cathedral.
This was the first Benedictine abbey founded in the medieval Duchy of Carinthia.
The Gurk Cathedral, built between 1140 and 1200, is the masterpiece of the Romanesque style in Austria. The Baroque was realized between 1626 and 1632 by the master Maichel Hoenel, the altar is made of wood carvings and gilded stucco.
The church of Saint-Urh dates from the end of the 14th or the beginning of the 15th century. It was rebuilt in the Baroque style in 1743. At that time, the new church and the parish were covered with bricks from the abandoned Kamen Castle. The interior of the church contains many paintings from different periods.
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