Imperial Burial Vault
Tegetthoffstrasse 2, 1010 Vienna - Austria
Phone: +43 (0)1 512 68 53 1 - Fax: +43 (0)1 512 68 5319
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146 aristocrats, including 12 emperors and 19 empresses and queens have found their last resting place in this vault under the Church of the Capuchin Friars. It has been the main place of burial for the Habsburg dynasty since 1633 and the Capuchin friars are the customary guardians and caretakers of the crypt. Gradually enlarged over the years and now consisting of ten, interconnected, rooms the vault houses some very elaborate sarcophagi of hereditary Emperors of the Holy Roman Empire, and their descendants.
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