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Hall Of Fame - Vienna City Hall

Tags: 22 Carat Gold, Arch Windows, Architectural Improvements, Carat Gold Leaf, City Hall Park, Coffered Ceiling, Cologne Cathedral, Emperor Franz Joseph, History Of Austria, Leaf Rosettes, Left Hand Side, Municipal Administration, Oldest University, Pointed Arch, Provincial Assembly, Southern Spire, Spruce Wood, Vienna City Hall, Vienna University, Visitors Gallery
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Anil Gupta asked: The ambitious program of architectural improvements to Vienna introduced by Emperor Franz Joseph I, including the Ringstraße, the Rathauspark (City Hall Park), and the Opera. Friedrich von Schmidt, who had been one of the architects working on Cologne Cathedral, designed and built the Vienna City Hall between 1872 and 1883. It is […]

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Circle of Fame - Ring Boulevard

Tags: Austrian Parliament, Austro Hungarian Empire, Circular Road, Emperor Franz Joseph, Fame Ring, Geographical Positions, Glacis, Historicism, Hofburg, Italian Renaissance, Monumental Buildings, Museum Of Fine Arts, Museum Of Natural History, Public Observatory, Space Ring, State Opera, Vienna Austria, Vienna Opera, Vienna Ring, Vienna University
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Anil Gupta asked: The Ringstraße is a circular road surrounding the Innere Stadt district of Vienna, Austria and is one of its main sights. It is typical of the historical style called Ringstraßenstil of the 1860s to 1890s. The street was built to replace the city walls, which had been built during the 13th century […]

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