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Passau Cathedral is the Baroque seat of the Bishop of Passau, rebuilt between 1668 and 1693 under architect Carlo Lurago after fire destroyed its Gothic predecessor in 1662; the Gothic choir survived into the new building. Its organ, among the largest cathedral organs in the world, has roughly 17,800 pipes across several linked instruments.

St. Michael's Church is a Baroque Jesuit church in Passau, built between 1665 and 1678 to a design by Pietro Francesco Carlone after the original Jesuit chapel burned down in 1662. Its white interior has stuccowork by Giovanni Battista Carlone and a 1712 high altar painting by Carlo Innocenzo Carlone.