The Votivkirche in Vienna was designed by Heinrich von Ferstel, chosen in an 1854 competition. Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian commissioned it after a failed 1853 assassination attempt on Emperor Franz Joseph. The text gives 1856 as the start and 1879 as the dedication, matching the infobox, though it says dedication came twenty-six years later, which does not fit that 23-year span.
The article calls the style Neo-Gothic, inspired by French Gothic cathedrals. It is white sandstone, which pollution and acid rain damage. The church is 279 feet (85 m) long, 180 feet (55 m) wide and 325 feet (99 m) high, with a nave 98 feet (30 m) wide.
World War II heavily damaged it, and it was renovated afterward. The Emperor window was replaced in 1964, and the Antwerp altar went to a museum in 1986. It is an active Catholic church and provostry. The article gives no hours.
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