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Continuing around the Ringstrasse just a little further from the Rathaus, you’ll find another impressive Gothic building. It looks the part of something from the 1300s, with its gargoyles, flying buttresses, arches, stained glass windows and all – but it’s actually from the late 1800s and was designed by the same Heinrich Von Ferstel who designed the Palais Ferstel (separate tip). Going by the number of assassinations attempts, successful and unsuccessful, over the years, it seems that being a member of Habsburg royalty was a risky business! The failure of an attempted assassination of Franz Josef 1 in 1853 led to the construction of this superb cathedral, as an act of thanksgiving. We visited on a rainy weekend day and the interior appeared to be closed for maintenance – certainly cleaning and maintenance was very much in evidence, going by the scaffolding and by the contrast in cleaned/uncleaned sections of stonework (as may be seen in the photos). As a personal opinion, the exterior appealed to me more than St Stephan’s, mainly because of the uniform styling – though my guidebook suggests the interior is vast and empty, so that may have been a disappointment. Directions: Continuing from the Kunsthistorisches Museum, past the Rathaus, and there it is!
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The "Burgtheater" is a splendid edifice on the Ringstrasse (Ring Street), exactly in front of the City Hall of Vienna and one of the best German theatres. It was built, after the plans of Gottfried Semper and Karl v. Hasenauer, from 1874 to 1888. Although it was one of the last constructions on the Ring Street, it was the first this become illuminates electrically. It was the ex "caesarean theatre", with a luxury auditorium hall from the past times. In the 1945, the theatre was burned, as follows of the horrors of the II world war. In the year 1955, the house was restored and reopened. The construction is 136 m long and in the middle 95 m deep. The facade is 27 m high. This beautiful construction has a capacity of 1285 seats and 105 standing-places. Many decorative figures and busts of the sculptor Tilgner, Weyr and Kundmann are to be admired at the outside of the theatre. Leave a Comment Phone: 01 514 44 4140Directions: Station : Burgtheater/Minoritenplatz Metro: U3 - Station Herrengasse Metro: U2 - Station Rathaus Tramways : 1, 2, DWebsite: www.burgtheater.at
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The new City hall is a splendid construction, with an exclusive architecture, placed in the middle of Vienna. It is place of the Viennese city and country parliament. The edifice was built by architect Friedrich Schmidt, in years 1872 until 1883, in the New Gothic style. The middle tower of the main facade is 98 meters high, and in the peak of the tower is placed a statue (3,5 meters), a knight with lance" that is named “town hall man": The building has seven yards and many statues by Austrian personalities are placed around the building. In the front court of the town hall are organized film festivals, summer concerts, the Christmas market, and other events, the whole year long. Leave a Comment Phone: 01 525 50Directions: Station : Rathausplatz/Burgtheater Metro : U2 Tramways : D, 1, 2Website: www.wien.gv.at
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