CATHEDRALS OF THE OLD AND NEW WORLD 



Photograph from Publishers' Photo Service 



st. Stephen's cathedral, vienna 



The lofty spire of St. Stephen's towers over an almost perpendicular roof made of 

 brilliantly colored glazed tiles, many of which have been used in forming the conspicuous 

 double-headed eagle, the Hapsburg coat of arms. This cathedral, begun in the twelfth 

 century, is the finest Gothic edifice in Austria. In the second story of the tower is the great 

 bell of 171 1, weighing 20 tons. Beneath the church are extensive catacombs and the old 

 imperial burial vault. 



