Description of the attraction
The Jesuit Church of the Holy Trinity is located in the historical center of the Tyrolean city of Innsbruck, in the immediate vicinity of the Old University and a couple of hundred meters from the Cathedral. The temple was built in the 17th century and is one of the earliest examples of Baroque architecture in Innsbruck.
In 1619, Leopold V became Archduke of Austria, who in his youth chose the path of a priest and completed his studies at the Jesuit University in Graz. Having become the secular ruler of Tyrol, he was forced to leave the spiritual post, but continued to patronize the Jesuit order. Therefore, he ordered the construction of a Jesuit temple in the capital of Tyrol - Innsbruck. The construction of the church took two decades - it was started in 1627 and finished only in 1646, almost 15 years after the death of Leopold V, who was buried in the crypt of the temple with his family.
The prototypes of the Church of the Holy Trinity were the main Jesuit temple in Rome (the Church of the Holy Name of Jesus) and the new cathedral in Salzburg. However, it should be noted that in 1901 two powerful side towers were added to the facade of the temple.
Inside, the church is decorated very strictly - the walls are painted white, only exquisite marble pilasters stand out. The organ of the temple is modern. The sarcophagi in the crypt are decorated with gilded wrought iron. However, an important city shrine is kept inside the cathedral - the relics of Saint Pirmin, who converted Alsace, Bavaria and part of Tyrol to Christianity in the 8th century.
The church is famous for its bells, one of which is the fourth largest in all of Austria. It weighs over 9 thousand kilograms and was cast in 1959. He calls only on major Christian holidays and at three o'clock every Friday, marking the time of Jesus Christ's death on the cross. Another bell, much smaller in size, weighs only 1300 kilograms, but has survived since 1597.
