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==Main sights== {{More citations needed|section|date=July 2021}} [[File:Wiener Neustadt - ehemalige Klosterkirche der Dominikanerinnen (2).JPG|thumb|Church of ''St. Peter an der Sperr'', now the City Museum]] [[File:Rathaus WN.JPG|right|thumb|City Hall, seat of the city government since 1401]] [[File:WrNeustadt HerzogLeopoldStr.jpg|right|thumb|upright |Herzog-Leopold Street near the Main Square]] [[File:Dr.-Karl-Renner-Hof.WienerNeustadt.Aa.jpg|right|thumb|Dr.-Karl-Renner-Hof, first municipal residential complex in Austria]] * The Late-[[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] [[Wiener Neustadt Cathedral|cathedral]], the ''Dom'', consecrated in 1279 and constructed from 1469 to 1785. The choir and transept, in Gothic style, are from the 14th century. In the late 15th century 12 statues of the Apostles were added in the apse, while the bust of Cardinal [[Melchior Klesl]] is attributed to [[Gian Lorenzo Bernini]]. * Former church of ''[[St. Peter an der Sperr]]'', erected in the 13th century and modified in the mid-15th century by the imperial architect Peter von Pusica. Secularized in the 19th century, it is now used for exhibitions. * The [[Theresian Military Academy]], a 13th-century formerly four-towered castle which was later used as residence by [[Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor|Frederick III of Habsburg]]. The latter had it enlarged and the St. George Chapel built in the mid-15th century: it has notable glassworks and houses the tomb of Emperor Maximilian I. It became seat of the Academy in 1752. Destroyed during World War II, it has been rebuilt to the original appearance. * Water tower * [[Tower of Tortures]] (''Reckturm'', early 13th century), now housing a private weapons collection. * [[Mariensäule (Wiener Neustadt)|Mariensäule]] (a [[plague column]] at [[Hauptplatz (Wiener Neustadt)|Hauptplatz]]) * [[Church of the Capuchins]], documented from the 13th century. Of the original construction today the Gothic choir (late 14th century) and the statues of St. Mary and St. James can be seen. * The medieval walls, built using part of the ransom of [[Richard I of England]]. * [http://www.stadtmuseum.wrn.at/page_e.asp?subnr=1&element=%D6ffnungszeiten&m=1 Communal Museum of Wiener Neustadt] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222230327/http://www.stadtmuseum.wrn.at/page_e.asp?subnr=1&element=%D6ffnungszeiten&m=1 |date=2012-02-22 }} * City archives * Aviation museum Aviaticum<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aviaticum.at/|title=Flugmuseum Aiaticum - wir übersiedeln|website=www.aviaticum.at}}</ref> * Industrial museum<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.industrieviertelmuseum.at/ |title=Industrial museum |access-date=2005-06-06 |archive-date=2005-04-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050409155809/http://www.industrieviertelmuseum.at/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Hospital museum * Mineralogical museum *The Casemate (''Kasematten''), a medieval fortification and expansion of the city walls, partially reconstructed and opened for visitors in preparation for the Lower Austrian exhibition 2019
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