Vienna - Places to See

 

 

National Library

The stairwell leading up to the State Hall
State Library
Charles and part of the Cupola Fresco
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The last Lutheran Bible made while Martin Luther was still alive, 1544-45.
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The 30 metre high dome shows the glorification of Charles VI
Another view of the Cupola Fresco
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Looking back towards the entrance
The featured exhibition by the post-war photographer, Yoichi Okamoto called Image Power Politics
Outside of the National Library in Vienna, 2024
austrian National Library

St Stephan Cathedral

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Wiener Neustädter Altar
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Portrait of Anton Pilgram, St Stephan Cathedral, 2024
St Stephan Cathedral

Hundertwasserhaus

The funky Hundertwasserhaus
From an elevated angle
The inside courtyard of the apartment complex
The lack of straight lines was part of the distinctive style.
Another view
Somehow this didn’t really look out of place
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Hundertwasserhaus, 2024
Hundertwasserhaus

Vienna Jewish Museums

Museum Dorotheergasse

Items that relate to the holocaust. The rifle from a survivor and the bag, a victim from Theresienstadt.
A specific quote related to displaced Polish Jews at the end of the war.
Simon Wiesenthal's desklamp
A wall containing anti-semitic quotes relating to Jewish life in Vienna.
One of the exhibits in the Jewish Museum
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The Jewish connection to Bayern Munich
Tottenham Hotspur
Football and the Jewish community. Focus is on Wien FC.
The sporting connection between the Jewish community in Vienna
One of the rooms containing her work
This section dealt with Anne & Otto Frank
The Memory Map which charts Viennese Jews exiled or killed after 1938. It uses copies of private letters and charts them over a map of Vienna.
A small section of the Memory Map highlighting the streets and extracts of letters.
Theordor Herzl, the father of modern Zionism

Museum Judenplatz

The exterior of the second site of the Jewish Museum (Judenplatz)
Entrance into the exhibit
Part of the excavations
The tiles are from the original synagogue and were uncovered during the excavations
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A groovy movable screen which provides an image of what each of the areas of the synagogue would have looked like.
Another glimpse into how AI can change a museum experience.
Moving towards the remains of the medieval synagogue
The central section of the excavated synagogue
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View of the central area which would have held the torah, 2024
Jewish Museum Vienna

Heeresgeschichtliches Museum

The exterior & interior architecture

The entry to the Military Museum (more frozen water)
Bust of Emperor Franz Joseph
Stairwell leading up to the first two main halls
Hall of Heroes
The Hall of Fame
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Hall of Heroes
Hall of Heroes
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19th Century

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Ottoman audience marquee from the 18th century conflict with the Ottoman Empire
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French war-balloon captured at the Battle of Würzenberg, 1796
A depiction of the Austrian defeat by the Prussians in 1866
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WWI

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The small hole under right front collar is where the bullet entered, killing the Archduke.
Looking straight down the barrel of the Howitzer
another view of the Howitzer. Notice the small carriage needed to load the gun.
Prototype of a biplane from WWI
38cm Howitzer from WWI
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Primitive but effective listening device used in 1918 to detect oncoming planes.
From below
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Artwork

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The Siege and relief of Vienna, 1683
The car Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in
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