The Peace Stupa in Grafenwörth was built in 2019 and officially inaugurated in 2023. The architect was Matthias Rainer. The stupa includes a meditation hall. The stupa is a place for meditation and intercultural dialogue with several events taking place every year.
This Burmese Buddhist temple was built in 1980, it is one of many meditation centres around the world from this Buddhist branch.
The Piarist Church, also known as the Frauenbergkirche, is the oldest church in the city. Founded in the 13th century, the church owes most of its late Gothic appearance to reconstruction in the 15th century. In 1616, the church was ceded to the Jesuits and in 1776, to the Piarist order.
St. Pölten Church was built in the 12th century as an integral part of St. Pölten Abbey, founded in the 8th century. The building was transformed into a cathedral church in 1785, after the dissolution of the monastery by Leopold II.
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