Graz Local Customs

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This pillar with the Virgin Mary on the top stands in the middle of the flower market, at the end of Herrengasse street. Austrians, who are devoted catholics, worshiping Virgin Marry alot and its statuetes could be seen all over the country.
The column is visible from the far distance and could serve as an meeting point if one went too far to the western direction while strolling and exploring the city.

The City Museum of Graz (Stadtmuseum) could be found in a very busy Sachtrasse 18, where no space excisting to make an attractive photo of the entire building. Actually, the building is called Khuenburg Palace and was built in the Baroque style. It is place where Archduke Franz Ferdinand was born, Archduke heir to the throne of the Austro-Ungarian Empire. His assassination at Sarajevo in 1914 led directly to the outbreak of World War I.
The palace is now home to the Stadtmuseum, whose exibits trace the history of the town.

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I was really unlucky, the gallery was closed as well as the passage to the catle park where the famous Eggenberg Schloss is situated. The Alte Galerie (Old Gallery) is located at the Eggenberger Allee 90 and is part of Eggenburg Castle complex. The whole complex makes widely famous Landesmuseum Joanneum which is one of the best European museums.
The Alte Galerie contains European paintings and sculptures from the Romanesque period to the end of the Baroque period. The inner court-yard of the palace is in particularly attractive.

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I am not quiet sure but if still remembering this building is overlooking Franz Joseph Square or is situated in its close vicinity. It is called The Old University and the Grammar School. Besides relatively simple but attractive facade my attention was caught by two identical coats of arms placed at the corner of the building.

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The bronze column stands on the square at the end of Sporgasse street, right in front of the entrance in the Castle Hill complex. The pillar is made in a shape of girl's braides with the figure of the madonna at it's top. It could be some kind of the Holy Trinity.

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There are two things in Graz which remind me a lot to my hometown of Zagreb, first is the ancient name of Gradec, which is identical to ancient name of the Upper Town in Zagreb, and second is the local theatre which, as the one in my hometown, was designed by the Vienese architects Hellmer and Fellner. It seems to me that this two guys have had only one matrix for the theatre buildings. So far I have seen their theatre buildings in Zagreb, Rijeka, Vienna and this one in Graz and all of them look like a twince. As far as I know, there are more of a kind in some other Central European cities.

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When you are inside the Mausoleum you may see this interesting painting in the very centre of the ceiling of Katharinenkirche :
It shows the siege of Vienna by the turques and it shows emperor Leopold as the heroic conqueror over the turques, although Leopold fled to Passau as soon as the turques arrived in Vienna, and he did not return, untill his troops could finally push back the enemies...
Click on my picture and see the city of Vienna & the siege of the Turques in 1683. It was not only a victory against Turkey, BUT also a victory of the Christian faith over the Moslems and for that reason this large painting was made in the centre of the cuppola in the church.

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The emperor Franz Josef was the greatest ever emperors of the Hapsburg family. He succseded in making so called K und K monarchy one of the most powerfull states in Europe and the rest of the world. K und K monarchy ruled over the whole of the Central European territory.
Most of the Austrians admire this emperor even today being very pround on his great both political and cultural achivements.