The Jesuit Church in Vienna was built from 1623 to 1627 on the site of an earlier chapel. It was first dedicated to Ignatius Loyola and Francis Xavier, and rededicated to the Assumption of Mary after remodeling. Brother Andrea Pozzo remodeled it from 1703 to 1705 after Emperor Leopold I asked him to redecorate the church.
The church is 180 feet (55 meters) long and 82 feet (25 meters) wide. Pozzo added the double towers. The exterior is austere, with narrow niches holding statues, while the interior is opulent, with ersatz marble pillars, gilding and allegorical ceiling frescoes.
Pozzo painted a trompe-l'oeil dome on a flat part of the ceiling in 1703. He died unexpectedly in 1709 and was buried in the church, which stands next to the old University of Vienna buildings.
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