Pfarrkirche Sankt Veit an der Glan, Gothic parish church in Sankt Veit an der Glan, Austria

Pfarrkirche Sankt Veit an der Glan is a parish church in Sankt Veit an der Glan, Austria, built with late Romanesque foundations and decorated in Gothic style. The building features a choir tower topped with an octagonal section and spire, while the interior is defined by cross-ribbed vaulting and historically significant furnishings.

This structure received its first written mention in 1131 and held significance as the religious center during Sankt Veit's period as the capital of Carinthia until 1518. The building's architecture reveals layers of construction and modification that accumulated over the centuries.

The west portal's tympanum, carved around 1210, shows the Lamb of God flanked by a lion and an eagle, the symbols of two Evangelists. A Latin inscription on the round-arched frame invites the visitor to halt and promises that brotherly love opens this way. The portal itself was renewed between 1891 and 1893, only the tympanum kept.

The building stands centrally in Sankt Veit an der Glan and is easy to reach on foot for visitors exploring the old town. Its location on Kirchplatz makes it a natural stopping point when walking through the city.

The tympanum of the west portal, carved around 1210, shows the Lamb of God flanked by a lion and an eagle, the symbols of two Evangelists. Above the portal is a Roman-era grave relief with a man's portrait bust over a lunula, and at the northwest corner a Roman grave monument carries a dolphin relief on its side.