Vienna - Austria
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St. Stephen Cathedral
Plague Column: You can see here the Plague Column. Many other columns like this where erected all over Austria after this one. The purpose of these columns was to celebrate the end of an epidemic plague (yes, that is where the name of the column comes from). In 1679 a wooden column was erected right here, it was replaced some years after (1693) by the one you are currently seeing. Many local artists took part in the erection of this column, like P. Strudel, L.O. Burnacini and F von Erlach.
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The Schönbrunn Palace, as you can see in the photo, is one of Vienna’s most beautiful buildings. Here is where the Empress Maria Theresa lived with her 16 children and her husband Emperor Francis I. Years later this was the place chosen by Napoleon as his headquarters during his Austrian campaigns.
Belvedere Palace
Belvedere Palace: Nowadays inside the Palace there’s the Austrian Gallery, with 19th and 20th centuries Austrian and International works, among others there are works of Amerling, Hausner, Hundertwasser, Klimt, Kokoscha, Romako, Schiele, Waldmüller, and some French impressionists too.
Belvedere Palace
Belvedere Palace
Belvedere Palace
Belvedere Palace
This is the Hundertwasser House (on Löwengasee/Kegelgasse), a project of the Viennese painter Friedensreich Hundertwasser (born Fritz Stowasser in 1928). This 50 apartments buildings was constructed following his original idea, where there’s no place for regular forms. Some of its decoration were made by the author himself while the work was in progress.
Votive Church
The city Hall (Rathaus in German) holds the office of the mayor of the city of Vienna and the governor of the state of Vienna, the Assembly and the City Council. It was built in a neo-Gothic style by Friedriech von Schimdt between 1872 and 1883. This 321 feet building is the most important secular work of this style in the city.
Parlament: This building is Austria’s Parliament. The lower house of Austria --the National Council, whose members are elected by popular vote-- and the upper house --the Federal Council, whose members are chosen by the states-- sit here. The building is on Dr Karl Renner’s Avenue, Renners was Austria’s first Chancellor at the establishment of the republic in 1918, and its president from 1945 to 1950 after the re-establishment of the democratic republic.
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St. Stephen Cathedral
Plague Column: You can see here the Plague Column. Many other columns like this where erected all over Austria after this one. The purpose of these columns was to celebrate the end of an epidemic plague (yes, that is where the name of the column comes from). In 1679 a wooden column was erected right here, it was replaced some years after (1693) by the one you are currently seeing. Many local artists took part in the erection of this column, like P. Strudel, L.O. Burnacini and F von Erlach.
Austria - Z00
Panda
The Schönbrunn Palace, as you can see in the photo, is one of Vienna’s most beautiful buildings. Here is where the Empress Maria Theresa lived with her 16 children and her husband Emperor Francis I. Years later this was the place chosen by Napoleon as his headquarters during his Austrian campaigns.
Belvedere Palace
Belvedere Palace: Nowadays inside the Palace there’s the Austrian Gallery, with 19th and 20th centuries Austrian and International works, among others there are works of Amerling, Hausner, Hundertwasser, Klimt, Kokoscha, Romako, Schiele, Waldmüller, and some French impressionists too.
Belvedere Palace
Belvedere Palace
Belvedere Palace
Belvedere Palace
This is the Hundertwasser House (on Löwengasee/Kegelgasse), a project of the Viennese painter Friedensreich Hundertwasser (born Fritz Stowasser in 1928). This 50 apartments buildings was constructed following his original idea, where there’s no place for regular forms. Some of its decoration were made by the author himself while the work was in progress.
Votive Church
The city Hall (Rathaus in German) holds the office of the mayor of the city of Vienna and the governor of the state of Vienna, the Assembly and the City Council. It was built in a neo-Gothic style by Friedriech von Schimdt between 1872 and 1883. This 321 feet building is the most important secular work of this style in the city.
Parlament: This building is Austria’s Parliament. The lower house of Austria --the National Council, whose members are elected by popular vote-- and the upper house --the Federal Council, whose members are chosen by the states-- sit here. The building is on Dr Karl Renner’s Avenue, Renners was Austria’s first Chancellor at the establishment of the republic in 1918, and its president from 1945 to 1950 after the re-establishment of the democratic republic.
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posted by Valeria Melo @ Tuesday, February 07, 2006
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