Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #5 in Graz, Austria
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4.9 km
124 m
Explore Graz in Austria with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Activities in GrazIndividual Sights in GrazSight 1: Hilmteichwarte
The Hilmwarte, sometimes also known as the Hilmteichwarte, is a weather radar research station and a former observation tower in the eleventh district of Graz, Mariatrost.
Sight 2: Botanischer Garten der Universität Graz
The Botanical Garden at the Institute of Plant Sciences at the University of Graz is located in the third district of Graz, Geidorf.
Wikipedia: Botanischer Garten der Universität Graz (DE), Website
Sight 3: Bonaparte-Villa
Founded in 1825 and no longer in existence, the Graz sugar factory was itself important for Styrian industrial history and stood on a historically remarkable site.
Sight 4: Meerscheinschlössl
The Meerscheinschlössl is a baroque palace in Mozartgasse in the third district of Graz, Geidorf.
Sight 5: Grabenkirche
The Grabenkirche, also Pfarrkirche Graz-Graben, Church of St. John the Baptist Geidorf, is a Roman Catholic parish church in the third district of Geidorf in Styria, Austria. The church, which is subordinate to the patronage of St. John the Baptist, belongs to the Capuchin branch and the Grabenkloster and to the pastoral care area Graz-Nord of the City Church of Graz in the Diocese of Graz-Seckau. The church is a listed building.
Sight 6: Kirche zum heiligen Kreuz
The church and the convent of the Sisters of the Holy Cross are located in Kreuzgasse in the third district of Graz, Geidorf. The convent is a branch of the Sisters of Charity of the Holy Cross. Next to it is the Sanatorium of the Sisters of the Cross, a general hospital. Both buildings, the monastery and the main wing of the hospital complex, are listed buildings.
Wikipedia: Kirche und Konvent der Kreuzschwestern (Graz) (DE)
Sight 7: Sommerrefektorium der Jesuiten
The former summer refectoration of the Jesuits is a listed building on the so -called Rosenhain in the 3rd Graz district of Geidorf. The Jesuits had large parts of this hill northeast of the city center, which they used with the establishment of the refectory in 1654, among other things, to recover the religious members.
Sight 8: Hubertus-Schlössl
The Hubertus-Schlössl is a residence on the Rosenberg in the third district of Graz, Geidorf.
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