Gothic trip around the Europe #11

Votivkirche in Wienna
The church plans were established in an architectural competition in April 1854. 75 projects from the Austrian Empire, German lands, England, and France were submitted. Construction began in 1856 and the church was one of the first buildings to be built on Ringstraße Towers are very high and dominate surrounding area For architects votivkirche was a inspiration and many of them copied some parts of the church, for example neoghotic church in Rybnik (Poland)