The Imperial crypt or Kaisergruft founded in 1619 under the Kapuzinerkirche contains the mortal remains of 138 Hapsburgs. Most of the tombs, naturally, are elaborate Baroque affairs designed as propaganda to glorify the dynasty and its empire, showing scenes of battle victories and coronations for example.
Only the shell of the bodies of the deceased are actually interred here however, with the hearts kept in Urns at the Hofburg church and the entrails buried under the Stephansdom.
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