Showing posts with label Vienna. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vienna. Show all posts

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Pictures from Vienna

Hey all, finally some pictures from Vienna. They are in reverse chronological order (not intentional, I just don't know why this programme acts like this...)

The Belvedere, Prince Franz Ferdinand's summer residence, currently home to the musems of Medieval, Baroque, Biedermeier and 19th- and 20th-century art.

The Kunsthistorisches Museum


Parliament


One of Empress Sisi's water jugs, a testament to her lack of taste


University


Details of Michaelerkirche: the archangel Michael defeating Satan

Artyfarty fountain with Neoclassicistic reconstruction of a ruined Greek temple in Schloss Schoenbrunn gardens

The gardens of Schloss Schoenbrunn, the summer residence of the imperial family, currently a public park with statues, fountains and even a Zoo

The Hofburg, the imperial palace

The 11th-century Ruprechtskirche, the oldest church in Vienna

Die Griechische Kirche

Lollipop pink and vomit green twisted columns in the over-the-top Rococo Jesuitenkirche

The Gothic Stephansdom with its mosaique roof and lovely views

The modern Haas Haus with reflections of the 13th-century Stephansdom in its glass walls, apparently a perfect contrast.

The Baroque Karlskirche

Random building with angels

Emperor Franz Joseph I's private metro station, unfortunately he only got to use it twice.


Hope you enjoyed that. I did!! Will write something soon!
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