Albertina museum
Danubiusbrunnen is a monumental fountain in the Albertinaplatz, its central part is the composition of an allegorical relationship between Vindobona (Roman name for Vienna) and the river Danubius (Danube). On each side of the fountain were originally five niches with allegorical representations of the rivers Inn, Sava, Drau, Tisza, Mur, Salzagh, March, Raab, Genns and Traun, showing the power and size of the Habsburg Empire.
Fountain was severely damaged in a bomb attack on Vienna, 12 March 1945, aand the recovery after W W II took place in a very reduced form, merely Danubius and Vindobona and the allegories of Sava and Tisza remained. The niches in which the other rivers were placed, were bricked up.
Fountain was severely damaged in a bomb attack on Vienna, 12 March 1945, aand the recovery after W W II took place in a very reduced form, merely Danubius and Vindobona and the allegories of Sava and Tisza remained. The niches in which the other rivers were placed, were bricked up.
Address: Albertinaplatz
On the forecourt of the palace, since 1899 is the equestrian statue of Archduke Albrecht.
It was designed by architect Charles King, and designed by Caspar Zumbusch as of bronze casting.
It was designed by architect Charles King, and designed by Caspar Zumbusch as of bronze casting.
Horse drawn carriages almost literally everywhere.
With the window open in the evening we could hear the clip clop of horse hooves
even though we were about a block away from any traffic.
Two contrasting places of business side by side
People taking advantage of the beautiful weather by soaking up some sun by the Danube.
This is just part of the line waiting to get ice cream from Eis. There were lots of places selling
ice cream or gelato but none of them had lines like this.
We did not make it back here on a different day to see what the ice cream was all about.
Statue of Donnerbrunnen fountain, (Allegory of Enns river)
The Donnerbrunnen or Providentiabrunnen is a Baroque themed fountain in the midst of Neuer Market Square in the heart of Vienna. It was designed by Georg Raphael Donner in 1737 but gained fame when it was featured in "Before Sunrise" a Generation-X 1995 movie. The fountain shows 4 human figures, 2 male and 2 female, depicting the rivers of Austria. In 1873, Empress Maria Theresa felt that the sculptures was too risqué for public viewing and ordered their smelting. The artist commissioned to do this job could not bring himself to destroy an artwork of such magnificence, so despite of the imperial command he just replaced the figures with some modified bronze ones . The original are now displayed in The Belvedere Palace. During WWII even the replacements were taken apart and stored for protection from air raids. These were reassembled in 1947 and can be seen at the square.
Donner statue at Belvedere
Statue of emperor Franz Joseph of Austria on a horse at downtown of Vienna
Greek Orthodox Church
Jars on a hot dog stand
Kärntner Straße
This is the busy pedestrian street that our B & B was on.
Of course, one of my favorite signs in Vienna
located on Karntner Strasse
No. That is not our beer.
The soup is described as beef broth with slices of pancake. We saw it on several
different restaurants' menus. It looks a lot like having noodles, but definitely has a
different texture and taste. I enjoyed it.
As you can see, we had "sparkling" water. One of the great things about Paris is that there is not problem having tap water to drink at most of the restaurants we go to. Not so in Berlin or
Vienna. And I think we have had some very expensive water, for example .5 liter for 5 Euros.
This is from Mama's Kitchen web site. We were there on a sunny afternoon and ate outside.
Located on Kruger Strasse
Statue of Mercury or Hermes - the messenger
No idea what this building is but I was attracted by the statue on the facade.
Theseustempel, designed by Peter von Nobile, was originated in the heart of the park. It is areplica of the Greek temple Theseion.
Austrian Parliament Building
Rathaus Vienna - City Hall
Palmenhauses
St Peter's church
Peterskirche (English: St. Peter's Church) is a Baroque Roman Catholic parish church in Vienna, Austria.
Unusual roof
The Wikipedia site has excellent pictures of the cathedral including a few like this:
Anton Pilgram - possible self-portrait. Relief in St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna.
So far I have not found out where this building is. Even though we took a picture of the
crown at the roof of the structure.
Statue of Archduke Charles of Austria
War against Napoleon
The Pestsäule (English: Plague Column) is a Holy Trinity column located on the Graben, a street in the inner city of Vienna, Austria. Erected after the Great Plague epidemic in 1679, the Baroque memorial is one of the most well-known and prominent sculptural pieces of art in the city.
Sacher Hotel opposite our hotel window
In a video of Rick Steves in Vienna, he recommends eating some chocolate cake at
the Sacher restaurant. He obviously has a bigger budget than we do.
Out our suite window
Votivkirche
Votive Church(German: Votivkirche) is a neo-Gothic church located on the Ringstraße in Vienna, Austria
I am of the personal opinion that if you want to see a picture of this church without the advertising
you had better go online. The church looked pretty much this way when we were here two years ago.
One of several great sites that has exceptional pictures from around Vienna:
http://www.worldtravelimages.net/Vienna_Innercity.html
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