Gosh, some of the buildings in Vienna are really incredible. From here, I decided to carry on walking directly to the right of it, and came across the most wonderful Gothic-type church, first viewing its majesty from a distance:
Moreover, this church was majestic from every viewpoint:
The church was also incredibly beautiful and still inside:
Yes, the church both inside, in its stillness and mystical sobriety, and outside with its majestic Gothic-type stance, reduced me to goosebumps, but why? Well, any beautiful church can do this: I guess it's something to do with the tension between my (Christian) belief and unbelief, as I just cautiously edge towards the more positive outlook of Pascal's Wager, but also painfully recognise that all this sublime beauty might just be a glorious illusion, but what a glorious illusion if so?
Back home in Warsaw, I had to read about this wonderful Gothic-type church, and found out that the church had been built as recently as the late 19th century to celebrate Emperor Franz Joseph's survival of an assassination attempt from a Hungarian nationalist. Also discovered that it had originally been planned to build a much bigger church, but the funds from the Austro-Hungarian Empire dried up, leaving us with the smaller than intended gem that we can see here today.
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