Votive Church (Votivkirche) is 99 meter high. It is the second highest church in Vienna, and one of the most important neo-Gothic sacred buildings in the world.
After an assassination attempt on Franz Joseph in 1853, the monarch's brother commissioned this church to give thanks for saving the life of the emperor. In 1854 a project by the 26 year old architect Heinrich von Ferstel was chosen as the design. He decided to build the cathedral in the neo-Gothic style, borrowing heavily from the architecture of Gothic French cathedrals.
The church was dedicated in 1879 on the silver anniversary of Emperor Franz Joseph and his wife Empress Elisabeth.