Written by Mandan Lynn on January 24, 2007
- A necessary stop on my trip to Vienna was the opera. I didn't make reservations, thinking I could just stop by the venue the day before and pick up some last-minute tickets. This was easier...
Written by marif on March 15, 2004
- The Innere Stadt is not the only place in Vienna where attractions meet you at every corner. If you venture outside Ringstrasse, there are so many attractions worth seeing you'll be spoilt for choice. Don't...
Written by marif on March 15, 2004
- After the Babenbergs ruled Austria for more than two centuries, the country fell into the hands of the Habsburgs in 1278. These rich aristocratic rulers started buying large stretches of land from bankrupt lords annexing...
Written by becks on August 25, 2005
- The Gemäldegalerie in the Art-Historical Museum is one of the world’s great
art collections. It displays works that mostly belonged to the ruling Habsburgs
and therefore reflects their taste. The Dutch masters and Italian Renaissance...
Written by becks on August 25, 2005
- The enormous Hofburg complex served as principle residence of the Habsburg
emperors from 1547 to 1918. Its history goes back even further – it was first
mentioned in 1275 when its directly translated name "court...
Written by becks on June 16, 2005
- Despite all the hoopla in Vienna over Sisi (Empress Elizabeth, wife of Kaiser
Franz Joseph), Maria Theresa (1717-1780) was the one female Habsburger who
really mattered. Although she secured the election of her husband as Holy...
Written by becks on June 30, 2005
- Vienna has a long and carefully preserved coffee house culture. Many cafés
have a long tradition although some of the most famous, including Central and
Griensteidl, live on in name and spirit rather than in...
Written by becks on July 23, 2005
- Apart from the Austrian and Holy Roman imperial regalia, the Treasury houses
a wealth of further possessions of the Habsburg family. Several choice items
remind of events the Habsburgs probably would have preferred history had...
Written by becks on July 23, 2005
- Although the regalia and insignia of the Holy Roman Empire are doubtless the
historical more significant, the regalia of the Austrian Empire (1804-1918) in
the first rooms of the museum sparkles too. The highlights are...
Written by becks on July 23, 2005
- The coronation of a Holy Roman emperor required the presence of several items
full of symbolic importance. What looks like a somewhat kitsch, bejeweled
handbag, is actually St Stephan’s purse. This Carolingian reliquary once
housed...
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