Innsbruck Cathedral

Innsbruck Cathedral, also called the Cathedral of St. James is an 18th-century Baroque cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Innsbruck within the town of Innsbruck, Austria, devoted to the apostle Saint James, son of Zebedee. Based on designs through the architect Johann Jakob Herkomer, the cathedral became constructed between 1717 and 1724 at the website of a 12th-century Romanesque church. The indoors is enclosed through three domed vaults spanning the nave, and a dome with lantern above the chancel. With its lavish Baroque interior, completed in component via the Asam brothers, St.

James is taken into consideration the various most important Baroque buildings in the Tyrol. The earliest reference to a church on the site of the cathedral dates returned to 1180 in a file drawn up among the Counts of Andechs and the Premonstratensian Abbey at Wilton, authorizing the market to be moved from the left to the right financial institution of the Inn river, signifying the inspiration of the old town of Innsbruck. The file specifically mentions an ecclesia in toro in reference to a church. In 1187, the Alte Innbrucke became built along with the status quo of a marketplace.