The old ducal town of St Veit an der Glan lies about 20km/12.5mi north of the Wörther See. It was the capital of Carinthia from 1170 to 1518, when it had to relinquish this status to the more centrally situated Klagenfurt.
Strongly influenced by the old town area, it still preserves part of its 15th C. circuit of walls (10m/33ft high), while