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Two commanders greet tourists
The entrance to the square through Heldentor is the "Heroes' Gate", reminiscent of the fallen Austrian soldiers (another name - Burgtor, "City Gate"). The square is decorated with two equestrian monuments to famous emperors of the empire - Prince Eugene of Savoy and Archduke Charles.
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Open-air museum
My attention was drawn to an unusual building on the square - as it turned out, the former station of the city railway. The station on Karlsplatz was built in 1899. This building was created by the famous Austrian architect Otto Wagner with the participation of Josef Maria Olbrich.
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Green oasis in the city center
Gazebos, alleys, flower beds, exotic plants, fountains and monuments - everyone will find something to their liking. As in many other cities, there are a lot of vacationers on the lawns.
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Parking for horse-drawn carriages
The name of the square was given by the church of St. Michael. In the center of the square - excavations of an ancient Roman settlement. Numerous tourists are invited to travel by horse-drawn carriages, which are in short supply here.
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One of the largest and most valuable graphics collections
At the foot of one of Vienna's old bastions is the Palais Erzherzog Albrecht or Albertina, which houses a unique collection of graphics, as well as watercolors, engravings, drawings and photographs from the Middle Ages to the present.
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Inconspicuous house on a narrow street
Dom ссе5 is the only one of Mozart's dozen Viennese apartments that has survived to this day. The composer lived in the current "Mozart House" from 1784 to 1787. His residence on the second floor is quite luxurious: with four rooms, two offices and a kitchen, because throughout his life he felt a pe...
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The largest German-language drama theater
Initially, the Burgtheater was very well received by the Viennese because of its majestic appearance and a number of technical innovations, such as electric lighting. However, criticism of the poor acoustics soon began.
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The oldest art academy in Central Europe
The Vienna Academy of Fine Arts was founded in 1692 as the private academy of the Emperor Leopold I Peter Strudel, making it the oldest art academy in Central Europe. After Strudel's death in 1714, the academy was temporarily closed, but in 1726 Emperor Charles VI reopened it.
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The town hall is one of the main symbols of Vienna
The facade of the building is a magnificent example of a secular building in the neo-Gothic style. The appearance is made in the tradition of Flemish Gothic town halls, alluding to medieval urban liberties.
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Strict and simple-looking temple.
The three-nave basilica was founded in 1221 by monks of the Order of St. Michael. In the 14th century the church was expanded, and in the 16th century it was rebuilt in the Gothic style.
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Walk on the lawns!
It is unusual for us that people have free rest on the lawns in Vienna. The square is always crowded, and enough tourists and locals admire the architecture, fountains and plants, located directly on the grass.
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The king of the waltz is in gold
The monument is a marble pedestal on which rises the figure of the composer, covered with gilding. In the background, an arch is made of white marble, decorated with bas-reliefs of dancing couples and classic floral ornaments.
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Extraordinary house
The cafe is located in a house that impresses tourists with its murals. There are few such houses in Vienna. And although the facades are being repaired now, you can't ignore the paintings.
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The real Sacher cake is only here.
Hotel "Sacher" is named after the first owner - Eduard Sacher. It opened in 1876. In its rooms and halls - antique furniture, luxury furniture. Sacher Wien is also famous for its collection of paintings, but its main values are the classic Viennese Sacher Café , which serves the...
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Monumental building
Looking at the Parliament building from the Ringstrasse, the first thing that catches your eye is the impressive fountain in front. Its distinctive feature is the statue of Athena Pallas, the Greek goddess of wisdom, strategy, war and peace.
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White pearl of Vienna
Who like it, and I personally liked this church the most in Vienna. There are so many architectural styles and influences intertwined in this church, from antique to Arabic, that it seems as if a multilingual choir has been frozen in the fireplace, begging God to save it from the plague.
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Nostalgia for Austria's former greatness
This elegant but rather monumental composition makes you think about the variability of history, as previously the Austrian Empire was one of the leading players on the world stage, had access to the sea and ruled the destinies of European nations, not without reason called the empire.
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Palace on Stefanplatz
About the Cathedral of St. Stefan has written a lot. I noticed another house in the square, the Equitable Palace. It was designed by Andreas Streit in 1887-1891. The palace is named after the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States.
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Wide pedestrian zone
This street is considered the most elegant and expensive in Vienna. Lots of shops and cafes. The plague column deserves a separate post, it will be. And two fountains - once just fire ponds, and now beautiful sculptures with explanatory reliefs on pedestals.
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The most monumental part of the Hofburg
The New Burga, the youngest and most monumental part of the Hofburg, built from 1881 to 1913, houses the Museum of Ethnography and a branch of the Museum of Art History: the Ephesian Museum with Treasures of Ancient Asia Minor, the Court Hunting and Armory and a collection of ancient musical instrum...
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Here you can visit museums and just walk
In addition to museum activities, the area of the complex is provided for literary festivals, concerts, exhibitions of paintings. The spacious courtyard of the Museum Complex is arranged as a place of rest for citizens and guests of Vienna.
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Free organ music concerts - daily
The church building itself has an unusual oval shape, and the dome is painted in an interesting emerald color. For a relatively small building, inside the temple is richly decorated with frescoes, sculptures and gilded stucco, which worked on famous artists and sculptors of the time.
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Opera House
The opera house itself was built in 1863-1869 and it became one of the first ceremonial houses on the recently laid Ringstrasse. The authors of the project of the then Imperial and Royal Court Opera House in the style of the French Renaissance, were architects August Sicard von Zicardsburg and Edwar...
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Large architectural complex
Hofburg, with a total area of more than 250.000 m? - built haphazardly over the centuries, is one of the largest secular buildings in Europe and an impressive monument to Austrian history.
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The main temple of Vienna
St. Stephen's Cathedral, a symbol of Vienna and the most significant Gothic building in Austria, contains countless treasures, some of which can be seen only during the tour.
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