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The Belvedere

   Belvedere is in the middle of a splendid park. The palace was built for Prince Eugene of Savoy, by JL von Hildebrandt, a well-known architect of the Baroque period. Belvedere means a place where you can see the beauty and the Belvedere Palace offers a great view of the old city in its gardens.      Although his parents were born in Italy, Prince Eugene was French and knew very well the Versailles Castle. Being exiled by Louis XIV, Jo...

The Hofburg Imperial Palace

    For over 600 years, the Hofburg was the residence of the Austrian sovereigns. Over time, was developed reaching one of the most important centers of European history. Here have led Habsburgs since XIII century, first as rulers of the Austrian provinces, since 1452 the Holy Roman emperors, and finally as emperors of Austria from 1806 until the end of monarchy in 1918.      Originally a stronghold of the XIII century, the Hofburg was exten...

St Stephen's Cathedral

   St Stephen's Cathedral has survived several wars and became a symbol of freedom Vienna. Gothic building was built in 1147 but the roof tiles or diamond form was added in 1952.      St Stephen's Cathedral was the subject of many books, pictures and studies. Uniqueness cathedral and many more are in St Stephen's Cathedral, an architectural treasure. Altars, arches, towers, images every detail has its purpose and history. Bell's Cathedral is...

The Schonbrunn Palace

   Schönbrunn Palace Versailles was to be the Austrian Empire but in the year 1695 when Fischer von Erlach designed the palace, raising its costs were too high. Thus, the palace was originally conceived more as a summer residence of the Habsburgs, but since Maria Theresa (1717-1780) and began the golden age of the Habsburgs, choosing it as the residence of Schönbrunn Palace.      Until 1749 the interiors were restored, the gallerie...

Vienna State Opera

   Vienna State Opera (Wiener Staatsoper) is one of the most important works in the world where specatacole are a variety of opera and ballet at the highest artistic level. Opera is located in a district of Vienna, south end of Kärntnerstrasse. Vienna Opera House is a Landmark in terms of artistic and architectural. It was built between 1861 and 1869 by architects August von Sicardsburg and Eduard van der Null.      From the artistic po...

The Natural History Museum

   Art History Museum (Kunsthistorisches Museum), hosted by a building on the Ring Boulevard which resembles a palace is one of the most important museums of art and decorative art in the world. The building is located is itself a tourist attraction.      The museum is visited by over 600,000 people annually. The museum was built, like other museums in Vienna to house the huge collection of artifacts of the Habsburgs. Kunsthistorisches Museu...

Rathaus

   City Hall of Vienna is one of the most beautiful buildings in many architectural beauties that has this city. Designed by architect Friedrich Schmidt, the building was built between 1872 and 1883. Boulevard Ring Architecture is very diverse in terms of architectural styles used and filled with history, over time it became a blend of architectural style or way. However, the Hall building, the architect used a single style of a particular era.    ...

The Albertina

   Albertina is a museum of Vienna's first district. It hosts one of the largest and most important collections of graphic art in the world with nearly 65,000 drawings and one million prints old but modern graphics works.      Albertina Museum was founded by one of the last existing part of the fortifications of Vienna, the building was later taken over by the Duke Albert. Initially he used it as a residence and later brought his art and his...

Prater

   The land on which Prater is built was mentioned first time in 1162 when Emperor Friedrich I gave the land to a noble family called Prato. In 1560 Emperor Maximilian II decided that the area was to organize hunts, but later Emperor Rudolf II forbade May poachers to enter the Prater. On 7 April 1766 Emperor Joseph Prater said land for fun people, and allowed the organization which has several cafes Prater beginning today.      Perhaps the b...

Karlskirche

   Karlskirche or Church of Saint Karl is one of the most beautiful and interesting buildings. By order of the king of this baroque building was designed especially to represent the Habsburg Empire. In 1713, Vienna was hit by plague and Emperor Karl VI made a vow to build a church if it will get rid of Vienna terrible disease. In 1715 prayers were heard and building the church began, it was finished 22 years later in the year 1737.      Karl...

Burgtheater

  National Theater in Vienna, was built between 1874 and 1878 by the architects Karl Hasenauer and Gottfried Semper. It is one of the most famous theaters in the German speaking world. Burg's what she was never a Viennese theater but rather simply a holy place where there were hot debates about the role art and culture in society.      Over the years the theater has evolved famous actors but also held here today a variety of plays, concerts and o...


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