St Margarethen - Quarry

On the road from Rust to St Margarethen (4km/2.5mi), some 300m/330yd to the north, is an old quarry of Leitha limestone which was already being used in Roman times. Stone from this quarry was used in the construction of St Stephen's Cathedral and other buildings in Vienna. During the summer artists of different nationalities work here, producing works of monumental sculpture, usually abstract in form, many examples of which (some of them painted) are scattered about the quarry. Every summer a Passion Play is performed here.