Basically the urban center of the upper part of carinthia, Spittal was founded in 1191 as a church with a hospital (hence the name Spittal) for pilgrims on their journeys. Also visible the chateau Porcia, on of the most impressive buildings of the renaissance in Austria, erected in 1533. The town bought the chateau in the 19th century, today it is used as a museum and theater.