Corpus Christi Procession in Modern Vienna

Stephansplatz

We leave Stephansplatz, in front of St. Stephen's Cathedral, in a southerly direction and to get to Kärtnerstrasse. We follow Kärtnerstraße’s course out of town until we come to the level of Marco-d’Aviano-Gasse on the right, into which we turn. Marco-d’Aviano-Gasse is very short and leads to the Neuer Markt. We cross the Neuer Markt in walking direction and come to the entrance to the Capuchin Crypt, where an outdoor altar was set up during the Corpus Christi procession through Vienna's inner city in the Baroque period. We leave the square in front of the Kapuzinergruft and continue on Tegetthoffstraße in a south-westerly direction out of town. After a short distance, we turn right into Gluckgasse, which we walk through to get to Lobkowitzplatz, where we turn left. The next altar was set up here on Lobkowitzplatz in the Baroque period. Lobkowitzplatz leads to Augustinerstraße, into which we turn right and on which we pass Josefsplatz and the Stallburg to get to Michaelerplatz, where the next altar was set up. We leave Michaelerplatz in a north-easterly direction to Kohlmarkt, on which we go to Graben. On the Graben we go up to the Trinity Column, where the fourth altar was set up. The Corpus Christi procession set off for it’s final stage on the eastern part of the Graben from Trinity Column to Stephansplatz.