Peace Pagoda Vienna
The Vienna Peace Pagoda is a Buddhist stupa located on the Danube in Vienna . It is one of around 80 peace pagodas that exist worldwide (as of 2011).
The stupa was built between 1982 and 1983 according to plans by the architect Franz Richard Schnabel and was carried out by Japanese monks of the Nipponzan Myōhōji order. The opening ceremony took place on September 25, 1983, in the presence of the founder of the Nipponzan Myōhōji order Nichidatsu Fujii (藤井 日 達; 1885-1985) and representatives of various Buddhist orders and traditions.
The stupa is around 26 meters high. The central Buddha figure represents Buddha Shakyamuni , the 7 reliefs depict scenes from the life of the founder of the religion Siddhartha Gautama - from birth, through awakening, teaching and death.
The peace pagoda is open to the public and the venue for regular events such as the Vesakh festival of the Buddhist community in Vienna and the commemoration ceremony on the occasion of the anniversary of the atomic bombing on Nagasaki .
There is also a Buddhist temple near the stupa, run by the Japanese monk Gyosei Masunaga.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Wiener Friedensstûpa in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
- ^ Report from religion.orf.at about the Vesakh Festival 2015 in Vienna
Buddhist stupa: Peace Pagoda (port access road)
Evangelical Church AB: Transfiguration Church (Am Tabor)
Mormon Church: Mormon Church (Böcklinstraße)
Orthodox Church: Romanian Orthodox Church of the Resurrection | Serbian Orthodox Church of the Resurrection
Roman Catholic churches and chapels: Alexander-Poch-Platz (Leopoldskirche) | Am Schüttel (Church of the Redeemer) | Am Tabor (Church of the Resurrection) | Augarten (Mother of God Church) | Monastery Church of Mercy Brothers (Taborstrasse) | Machstrasse (Klaus-von-Flüe-Church) | Mexikoplatz (Franz-von-Assisi-Kirche) | Praterstrasse (Johann Nepomuk Church) | Johannes Nepomuk Chapel (Am Tabor) | Johannes Nepomuk Chapel (Wilhelm Kienzl Park) | Taborstrasse (Carmelite Church) | Hospital chapel hl. Family of the Merciful Brothers (Grosse Mohrengasse) | Pilgrimage Church Maria Grün (Prater)
Synagogues: Leopoldstädter Tempel (Tempelgasse) (1938 largely destroyed) | Schiffschul Synagogue (Große Schiffgasse)
Disused religious buildings: Pazmanite temple | Polish school | Association Synagogue Malzgasse | Turkish temple
Coordinates: 48 ° 11 ′ 28 ″ N , 16 ° 27 ′ 17 ″ E