The Coronation Ceremony

The Coronation Ceremony takes place every year in the last weekend in June to commemorate the coronation of Maria Theresia on the 25^th of June 1741. It´s one of the biggest cultural events in the country. More than 200 actors dressed in contemporary clothes take part in the coronation ceremonial based on the facts from the past. This year´s coronation will pay tribute to 300^th birth anniversary of Maria Theresia and will bring closer the coronation of her mother, Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick- Wolfenbüttel.