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Maria-Theresien-Denkmal auf dem Maria-Theresien-Platz vor dem Naturhistorischem Museum
Das Maria-Theresien-Denkmal ist das wichtigste Herrscherdenkmal der Habsburgermonarchie in Wien. Es erinnert an Maria Theresia, Erzherzogin von Österreich, Gattin und seit 1765 Kaiserinwitwe von Kaiser Franz I. Stephan von Lothringen.
Dahlia in the Volksgarten in Vienna
I took this picture on the fringe of the Austrian National Day celebrations at the overcrowded Heldenplatz in Vienna last Wednesday. The Volksgarten is adjacent to Heldenplatz and was also quite crowded. The whole 1st district was full with people, who obviously have a strong need to catch up after the years of corona restrictions.
The Zinnia elegans 'Benary's Giant Mix' of the Vienna Municipal Gardens, which can be enjoyed all over Vienna at the moment, has sometimes simple, sometimes densely filled basket flowers in a wide range of colours. I found this specimen in the Stadtpark.
Links das Reiterstandbild von Erzherzog Albrecht, rechts die Rückseite der Wiener Staatsoper
Yesterday, when I was leaving the Albertina Art Museum, where I had taken many photos, I saw this: the Archduke Albrecht Monument and the rear of the Vienna State Opera in the wonderful light of the Blue Hour. Taking pictures was an absolute must then!
The Zinnia elegans 'Benary's Giant Mix' of the Vienna Municipal Gardens, which can be enjoyed all over Vienna at the moment, has sometimes simple, sometimes densely filled basket flowers in a wide range of colours. I found this specimen in the Stadtpark.
Square in the 1st district of Vienna with the Gothic church of Maria am Gestade in the back left and Renaissance townhouses on the right. The name Maria am Gestade (Mary at the Shore) "reflects the former location on the Fluvial terrace of an arm of the Danube river, prior to its regulation." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_am_Gestade
On the left you can see part of a 1950s building, the Concordia-Hof. The previous building had been completely destroyed during the war.
Vienna's luxury shopping street Kohlmarkt one week before Christmas Eve. The fourth wave of coronavirus with the Delta variant is subsiding and the incidence figures are visibly falling. But experts are predicting a next wave of unimagined proportions because of the new variant Omicron. We have to expect it from January, they say.
The Hochstrahlbrunnen on the Schwarzenbergplatz in Vienna is a large fountain, which "was built to celebrate the construction of the first water pipeline from the Styrian alps to Vienna in 1873. In the decades before, the water supplies from various springs in the Vienna Woods and through the Wien River had proved to be insufficient for the ever-increasing population of Vienna.
[...] The pipeline was a major breakthrough for the modernisation of Vienna that took place in the second half of the 19th century [...]. Ever since 1873, the Viennese are very proud of their Alpine spring-water from the tap." Vienna's tap water is indeed highly palatable and possibly the best tap water in the world.
"When the project was finished, the engineer Anton Gabrielli - who ran the building company in charge with the construction of the pipeline - donated the considerable sum of 200,000 Kronen to construct the Hochstrahlbrunnen. Some 20 years later, an even higher sum was donated to illuminate the fountain artificially - in 1906, a remarkable attraction for the Viennese. Today, the Hochstrahlbrunnen is still lit up at night, shining in blue, red and green." www.tourmycountry.com/austria/hochstrahlbrunnen-fountain.htm
Deutschsprachige Informationen zum Hochstrahlbrunnen in Wien findet Ihr hier: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hochstrahlbrunnen
At the performance show of the Austrian Armed Forces on the Heldenplatz in Vienna on the occasion of the national holiday the day before yesterday. On the left you can see Archduke Charles, victor over Napoleon at the Battle of Aspern on May 21-22, 1809. The statue by Anton Dominik Fernkorn was unveiled in 1860, one year late for the 50th anniversary of the battle.
Kärntner Straße with Christmas decorations
Kärntner Straße is a famous shopping street in downtown Vienna. But because of the new lockdown, all shops are closed and only strollers are out here.
... und zunehmendem Dreiviertelwolfsmond
Stephansdom with Ladder to Heaven and waxing gibbous wolf moon
The Musikverein is a concert hall in the 1st district of Vienna. It is the home of the Vienna Philharmonic. Its "Great Hall" (Großer Saal) is considered one of the most beautiful and acoustically best halls in the world.
The plans for the concert hall were designed by Theophil Hansen, a Danish-Austrian master builder and architect of classicism and historicism. The building was inaugurated on 6 January 1870.
Unfortunately, such appeals are unlikely to persuade the belligerent Russian fascists to end the criminal war against Ukraine.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_fascism_(ideology) marjorie-wiki.de/wiki/Raschismus
The Ferstel Passage aka Freyung Passage is an elegant shopping arcade in Palais Ferstel. It links the Herrengasse with Freyung, a triangular historic square, in Vienna's 1st district Innere Stadt.
Palais Ferstel was originally built for the Austrian National Bank and stock exchange in 1856-1860. The architect was Baron Heinrich von Ferstel, who is considered an outstanding Viennese representative of historicism. The building has echoes of the Venetian and Florentine early Renaissance.
At the Theseus Temple in the Volksgarten ("People's Garden") in Vienna's 1st district
This classicist building, built from 1819 to 1823 by architect Peter von Nobile, serves primarily as a decorative source of shade and as a backdrop for group photos. Other purposes are beyond my knowledge.
Yesterday afternoon in the Volksgarten in Vienna. Meanwhile, nearby on Heldenplatz, Herbert Kickl, the chief vaccination troll, gave an inflammatory speech in front of a gathering of covidiots.
Max Klinger (1857 - 1920)
Radierung und Aquatinta | Etching and aquatint
Aus dem Grafikzyklus "Ein Leben" (1880 - 1884) | From the graphics cycle "A life" (1880 - 1884)
From the exhibition "Dürer, Munch, Miró. The Great Masters of Printmaking" in the ALBERTINA in Vienna
Season's greetings to all my flickr friends and to all who pass by
Detail of last year's Stephansdom nativity scene
Frohe Weihnachten!
Joyeux Noël !
Buon Natale!
¡Feliz Navidad!
Feliz Natal!
Vrolijk Kerstfeest!
God jul!
Ein Ausflug nach Wien
Alle, die keinen Urlaub machen können, mögen mich auf einer Runde durch Wien begleiten. Vorbei an den berühmten Sehenswürdigkeiten, aber vielleicht auch abseits Sehenswertes entdecken ...
Diese Schmiedeneisen-Ornamente sind ein Detail vom Michaelertor. Dieses barocke Prachttor ist Teil der Wiener Hofburg.
A trip to Vienna
All those who cannot take a holiday may follow me on a tour through Vienna. Past the famous sights, but perhaps you will also discover sights worth seeing off the beaten track …
These wrought iron ornaments are a detail from the Michaelertor ('Michaeler Gate'). This magnificent Baroque gate is part of the Vienna Hofburg ('Imperial Palace').
"The Graben is one of the most famous streets in Vienna's first district, the city center." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graben,_Vienna It's slowly filling up with tourists again.
The weather yesterday was April-like with rain, sunshine and wild cloud formations.