The square in front of Vienna’s central cathedral is named after St. Stephen, like the cathedral itself. In fact, the cathedral and the square appeared inside the city walls only with the beginning of the 13th century. Until that time, the main church of the city was the church of St. Petra, a complex of buildings on Am Hof and the church of Rupert. Gradually, with the development of the city, buildings began to appear around the cathedral, and even before the beginning of the 18th century, it housed a cemetery and a cemetery chapel of St. Magdalen. At the end of the 19th century, the whole area was reorganized and connected to the neighboring Stock am Aizen. In 1973, during the construction of the metro, the already established new center of the old city pleased the crowns with an interesting find. Underground chapel of St. Virgil, which was associated with the chapel of Magdalena. Today, a mosaic is laid out on the square showing the outline of the Virgil chapel. Translated with Google Translate