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The inventor of the propeller
This monument is located in front of the Technical University. The author of the monument is the sculptor Anton Dominik Fernkorn. The monument was erected in 1863. Josef Ludwig Františ ek (Franz) Russell, an Austrian forester engineer and inventor of Czech origin, proposed a new propeller for t...
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Franciscan Church
In 1589, the city council handed over to the local Franciscan monks the ruins of the burned monastery of St. Jerome, which was founded in 1383-1387 at the cemetery. The Franciscans restored the church in the Renaissance style with Gothic elements.
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Schottenkirche
The fate of the church of the Scottish monastery (Schottenkirche) was difficult. The first Romanesque church at the Schottenstift monastery was built in 1160-99. The church burned down in 1276.
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On land, as well as at sea
The second of a pair of fountains glorifying the greatness of Austria. The author of the fountain, which symbolizes the domination of the Austro-Hungarian Empire on land - sculptor Edmunt Hellmer.
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Thanks for rescuing from the plague
The Viennese Plague Column is located in the historic center of the city and it is impossible to miss walking here. Erected in 1693 to commemorate the victory over the plague, the column is not original in its idea, as similar pillars were built throughout Europe.
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The Great Empress
The monument to Maria Theresa rises almost 20 meters. The Empress greets her people from a bird's eye view. She is dressed in a lush dress, holding a scroll and a scepter.
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An outstanding representative of romanticism
Johannes Brahms, German pianist and composer, a representative of the Romantic era. The author of the monument to Brahms is the Austrian sculptor Rudolf von Weir. He was a well-known specialist in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a member of the Vienna Academic Society of Sculptors.
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The second, he is the first
Franz II was the last emperor of the Holy Roman Empire from July 7.1792 to August 6.1806, the first emperor of Austria from August 11.1804 until his death. As Emperor of Austria, King of Bohemia and Hungary ruled under the name of Franz I.
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The first monument to the artist in Vienna
The author of the monument is the sculptor Johann Schilling. The bronze statue of the poet is on a high pedestal surrounded by 4 figures symbolizing the 4 centuries of man: a child in his mother's arms, a young man with a staff, a worker and an old man.
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Goethe was not here
The Goethe Monument, unveiled in 1900, is located at the corner of Ringstrasse and Goethe Gas in Vienna, a city where the artist himself has never been. The author of the monument is the sculptor Edmund Helmer.
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Monument to the great composer
The monument to the great Austrian composer Ludwig Beethoven, located on Beethovenplatz (Beethoven Square), is one of the most popular and bright in Vienna. The monument, one of the best works of sculptor Caspar von Zumbusch, was unveiled in 1880.
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Fountain under the roof
One of Vienna's most beautiful palaces is the Ferstel Palace, which overlooks Frejung Square and the Herengasse Street, also famous for its palaces. And Ferstel's palace is just one of them.
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The tomb of the Habsburg family
The Capuchin Church, located on the Neuer Markt, has been the tomb of the Habsburgs for centuries. Externally very simple, concise, almost unremarkable. In fact, the crypt of the Capuchin Order is located under the church of the same name, where the remains of about one and a half hundred people of ...
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Large long area
This square begins with the equestrian monument to Field Marshal Schwarzenberg and ends with the High Fountain, the monument to the heroes of the Red Army and the Schwarzenberg Palace.
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Fountain of Providence
In the center of Vienna is one of the famous fountains, built in the XVIII century by the famous sculptor Raphael Donner, after whom locals often call the magnificent water decoration - the Donner Fountain.
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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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