At the southwest corner of the square is the Gothic parish church (14th-15th centuries), which is also the cathedral. It has an elegant spire, 65 meters tall, of open filigree carved in sandstone, built from 1504 to 1519 and extending from a striking roof of patterned tiles. Walk around the church to see its doorways - a Romanesque portal with lions supporting columns (and the 1475 fresco of the Madonna); a beautiful bronze door; and on the north side, the engraved Wine Door. This is one of the finest High Gothic portals in the Tyrol.
In the interior is a Gothic pulpit carved of sandstone and supported by a single pillar, a Baroque polychrome marble altar, and a Baroque chapel with 18th-century frescoes. Elsewhere are frescoes from the 14th and 15th centuries. The treasury is worth visiting for its beautiful examples of 18th-century gold work and sacred art, especially the gold monstrance of the cathedral bell tower, 136 centimeters tall.
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