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Museum - Sigmund Freud MuseumThe Sigmund Freud Museum in Vienna is a museum founded in 1971 covering Sigmund Freud's life story. It is located in the Alsergrund district, at Berggasse 19. In 2003, the museum was put in the hands of the newly established Sigmund Freud Foundation, which has since received the entire building as an endowment. It also covers the history of psychoanalysis.
Anker ClockThe Anker Clock was created by the famed painter and sculptor Franz von Matsch between the years 1911 and 1914 and represents a typical Art Nouveau design. It is located in the northern part of the inner city in the Hoher Markt.
Madame Tussauds ViennaMadame Tussauds Vienna is a wax museum and tourist attraction located at the famous amusement park Wiener Prater in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Marie Tussaud and is the eleventh location for the Tussauds franchise. It features more than 80 figures on three floors. Madame Tussauds is now owned and operated by the United Kingdom-based entertainment company Merlin Entertainments.
VotivkircheThe Votivkirche is a neo-Gothic style church located on the Ringstraße in Vienna, Austria. It is one of the iconic attraction in this area and has a lot of history to say.
Viennese Giant Ferris WheelOne of Vienna's trademark sights is the Riesenrad or giant Ferris wheel located at the start of the Prater amusement park.The Giant Ferris Wheel was erected in 1897 to mark the 50th year of Emperor Franz Joseph's accession to the throne. It has been an enduring feature of the city's skyline ever since. It is one of Vienna's most popular tourist attractions, and symbolises the district as well as the city for many people.
Vienna Clock MuseumA majestic museum for clocks, where you can experience three thousand timepieces ticking away for your pleasure and amusement. There are many exhibits worth checking out, the oldest going all the way back to the 15th century. It’s all arranged in chronological order, from ornate pocket watches, to a 15th-century tower clock, to sundials, to rare Japanese pillar clocks, to grandfather clocks, to Black Forest cuckoo clocks, to a huge clock organ.
Bank Austria Kunstforum WienThe Bank Austria Kunstforum Wien is an exhibition house at Freyung 8 in Vienna's 1st district , Inner City . The eponymous Bank Austria is the main sponsor of the art forum. The former bank building has been owned by Signa Holding since 2010 and has also housed the Constitutional Court since August 2012. In 2020, the Kunstforum states on its website that it will be frequented by 250,000 to 300,000 visitors per year.
FreyungA historical square in Vienna. This square lay outside the Roman fortification walls of Vindabona. Its importance also lies in the fact it is close to Schottenkloster, which is the Scottish monastery. Due to its location and importance, this square became a favourite with street artists and entertainers Freyung has a long history as a marketplace that goes back through the centuries. The tradition continues today in the form of a weekly farmers market.
Österreichische PostsparkasseOtto Wagner's Postal Savings Bank building is considered a key work of European modernism and turn-of-the-century Vienna. With the 1904-1912 building, Wagner (1841-1918) created his most modern and important building. In every structural detail, every feature, every piece of furniture designed by Wagner, practicality and usability lead to intelligent, coherent, highly aesthetic solutions.
PraterThe Prater is a large public park in Leopoldstadt, Vienna, Austria. The Wurstelprater, an amusement park that is often simply called "Prater", lies in one corner of the Wiener Prater and includes the Wiener Riesenrad Ferris wheel. Full of turbulent roller coasters, spooky ghost trains and attractions of all sorts - there is hardly any other place in the world to challenge your senses in this intoxicating way.
St. Peter's Catholic ChurchSt. Peter's Church sits atop one of the oldest known religious sites in Vienna. There has been a church on this spot since the early 4th century AD. This church was replaced with a Romanesque church with a nave and two aisles. It is believed to have been established by Charlemagne around 800, although there is no evidence supporting this view. It is one of the main pilgrimage sites in this area and also a tourist attraction too.
Jesuit ChurchThis is a marvellous baroque expression of Christian faith. The church is dedicated to the assumption of the Virgin Mary into heaven. Her salvation points to the salvation of the whole humanity and manifests God’s triumph in history. Despite its relatively austere exterior, the interior is remarkably opulent with ersatz marble pillars, gilding and a number of allegorical ceiling frescoes.
StephansplatzThe Stephansplatz is a square at the geographical centre of Vienna. It is named after its most prominent building, the Stephansdom, Vienna's cathedral and one of the tallest churches in the world. Most important for visitors to the city it is a central stopping point on the U-Bahn both for changing lines and also for accessing so much of the city that is within walking distance.
St. Stephen's CathedralSt. Stephen's Cathedral is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vienna, is one of Vienna’s most culturally significant landmarks. It’s also an important heritage site, and is respected across Austria and indeed throughout the world. This Cathedral has borne witness to many important events in Habsburg and Austrian history and has, with its multi-coloured tile roof, become one of the city's most recognizable symbols.
Historisches Zentrum von WienThe historic center of Vienna is one of two UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the Austrian capital , Vienna , along with the Schönbrunn Palace and Gardens . The area, consisting of a core and an outer zone, covers 8.33 km². The designation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site took place in 2001. A part of the historical center of Vienna, essentially the 1st district of the inner city and the adjacent ring road, is also registered as a cultural property protected under the Hague Convention.
Wien Museum Mozart apartmentThe Mozarthaus Vienna was Mozart's residence from 1784 to 1787. This building in Vienna's Old Town, not far from St. Stephen's Cathedral, is his only surviving Viennese residence and is now a museum. Visitors start their tour of the new Mozarthaus on the third floor, where they can learn details about Mozart’s lifestyle. The exhibition on the second floor focuses mainly on Mozart’s operas.
Column of Pest (Column of The Trinity)The Vienna Plague Column is a Trinity Column on the Graben in downtown Vienna . It was built after the plague of 1679 and consecrated on October 29, 1693. The 21 meter high baroque column is one of the best known and most striking sculptural works of art in the city.
GrabenThe Graben Vienna is an exclusive and pulsating shopping street in the heart of the inner city with a plague column. Most of the buildings in this pedestrian area origin from the 17th and 18th century and you can find here finest traditional shops. Some of these shops have a long tradition and were already popular in the times when Austria was ruled by emperors.
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AugartenA large public park of 52.2 hectares situated in the Leopoldstadt, the second district of Vienna, Austria. It contains the city's oldest Baroque park. The park is designed in the French Baroque style with elaborate flower gardens and impressive shady avenues of chestnut, lime, ash, and maple. Like most fenced public parks and gardens in Vienna it is open only in the daytime: the park's five gates close at sunset.