St. Peter an der Sperr

St. Peter an der Sperr was a Dominican convent church in Wiener Neustadt in Austria.[1] The church building is now used as an exhibition space. The convent building now houses a museum.

St. Peter an der Sperr

In August 2016, during excavations in the run-up to planned conversion work for the 2019 Lower Austrian State Exhibition,[2] archaeologists came across two medieval graves.[3]

  • Choir to the nave with the west wall
    Choir to the nave with the west wall
  • Nave to the choir
    Nave to the choir
  • Portal with fourteen statuette niches
    Portal with fourteen statuette niches
  • Niche in the choir
    Niche in the choir

References
  1. https://datenbank.noemuseen.at/db/museum-liste.asp?tt=MUSEUM_R8&id=85953&ci=museum&oid=506
  2. https://noe.orf.at/v2/news/stories/2890513/
  3. http://derstandard.at/2000043391620/Wiener-Neustadt-Archaeologen-entdecken-mittelalterlichen-Klosterfriedhof

47°48′57″N 16°14′38″E

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