Things to see in Graz
Graz is a city in Austria, with an urban population of about 263 thousand. Below are 19 notable places within about 7 km of the centre, ranked by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
1Eggenberg Castle, Graz Museum
Eggenberg Palace in Graz, is the most significant Baroque palace complex in the Austrian state of Styria.
2Graz Cathedral Place of worship
Graz Cathedral, also called St. Giles' Cathedral, is the Roman Catholic cathedral of the Diocese of Graz–Seckau in Graz, Austria.
3Schlossberg Park
The Schlossberg is a tree-clad hill and the site of a fortress in the centre of the city of Graz, Austria. The hill, at 473 m (1,552 ft) above sea level, is now a public park and affords extensive views of the city.
4Kunsthaus Graz Art
The Kunsthaus Graz, Grazer Kunsthaus, or Graz Art Museum was built as part of the European Capital of Culture celebrations in 2003 and has since become an architectural landmark in Graz, Austria.
5Innere Stadt Neighbourhood
Innere Stadt is the 1st city-district of the Austrian city of Graz, capital of the state of Styria. It is the part of the Old Town containing the Schloßberg and the city park (Stadtpark).
6Murinsel Landmark
The Murinsel in Graz, Austria, is an artificial floating "island" in the middle of the river Mur and links the two banks on both sides. At night, the blue navigation lights that surround the structure light up.
7Graz Opera Arts & culture
The Graz Opera is an Austrian opera house and opera company based in Graz. The orchestra of the opera house also performs concerts as the Graz Philharmonic Orchestra (Grazer Philharmonisches Orchester).
8Synagoge, Graz Place of worship
The New Synagogue of Graz is a Jewish congregation and synagogue, located on David-Herzog-Place, on the right bank of the Mur River in the Gries neighborhood, in the city of Graz, Austria.
9Universalmuseum Joanneum Art
The Universalmuseum Joanneum is a multidisciplinary museum with buildings in several locations in the state of Styria, Austria. It has galleries and collections in many subject areas including archaeology, geology, paleontology, mineralogy, botany, zoology, history, art and folk culture.
10Mariatrost Basilica Place of worship
The Baroque Mariatrost Basilica on top of the Purberg hill in Mariatrost, a district of Graz, is one of the most famous pilgrimage sites of Styria in Austria.
11Styrian Armoury Museum
The Styrian Armoury, in the Austrian city of Graz, is the world's largest historic armoury and attracts visitors from all over the world. It holds approximately 32,000 pieces of weaponry, tools, suits of armour for battle and ones for parades.
12Franciscan Church Place of worship
The Franciscan Church and Franciscan Monastery are a church and associated monastery in the centre of the city of Graz, Austria. The monastery was founded by the Franciscan order, who still own it, and is first mentioned in 1239.
13Herz-Jesu-Kirche Place of worship
The Herz-Jesu-Kirche is the largest church in Graz, Austria. It was designed down to the last detail by architect Georg Hauberrisser and constructed from 1881 to 1887.
14Katharinenkirche und Mausoleum, Graz Place of worship
The Mausoleum of Emperor Ferdinand II in Graz was constructed beginning in 1614 under the patronage of Archduke Ferdinand II of Habsburg, who later became Holy Roman Emperor.
15Gösting Castle History
Gösting Castle is a ruined castle in Gösting, the 13th borough in the northwest of the Styrian capital Graz, Austria.
16Buchkogel Nature
The Buchkogel, at 656 meters above sea level, is a hill in the Austrian state of Styria. It is located in the southern part of the Grazer Bergland in the west of the state capital Graz.
17Palais Meran, Graz History
The Palais Meran is a palace in Graz, Styria, Austria. Built as a residence for Archduke John of Austria in 1843, it now serves as the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, surrounded by a public park.
18Pilgrimage Church Maria Straßengel Place of worship
The Pilgrimage Church Maria Straßengel is a fourteenth century Gothic church located on a hill overlooking the market town of Judendorf-Straßengel in the district of Graz-Umgebung, a few kilometres northwest of Graz, Austria on the right bank of the Mur river.
19Graz Tramway Museum Museum
The Tramway Museum Graz is a transport museum in the Austrian city of Graz, specialising in the history of the Graz tramway network. It is located in the former tram depot at the Mariatrost terminus of Graz tram route 1.
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