‘Here will be a good place to rest’
Empress Maria Theresa after the completion of her mausoleum
Empress Maria Theresa after the completion of her mausoleum The Maria Theresa Vault is the most magnificent extension to the Capuchin Crypt. The Rococo-style mausoleum was built in 1753 to 1754 under the sacristy garden by the architects Jean Nicola Jadot de Ville-Issey and Nicolaus von Pacassi. The light-filled domed room was designed according to the specifications of Emperor Francis I. Stephen (N°56)and Empress Maria Theresias (N°55) and features a dome fresco by Josef Ignaz Mildorfer and a magnificent double sarcophagus by Balthazar Ferdinand Moll, on which the three-dimensional portraits of the imperial couple are enthroned facing each other.
Sixteen people found their final resting place in the Maria Theresa Vault: 15 Habsburgs – the imperial couple and those of their children who died before the Empress – as well as Countess Fuchs-Mollarth (N°41), Maria Theresa's governess.
Personalities
in the Maria Theresa Vault