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Goethe
Denkmal
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The shady Burggarten is popular these days due to the reopening
of the Palmenhaus as a swish bar/restaurant. However this
small park beside Hofburg has always attracted its fair share
of vistors, keen to have their photo taken before the Mozart
Monument. Created by Viktor Tilgner in 1896, it originally
stood on Albertinaplatz before being moved to the Burggarten
in 1953. Wolfgang Amadeus poses rather preciously on a plinth
bearing scenes from Don Giovanni, representations of his father
and sister and a host of adoring cherubs.
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Strauss,
Mozart, Haydn & Co
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Johann Strauss composed "The Blue Danube" waltz
in the 2nd district, Praterstraße 54. Schubert died
in the 4th district, Kettenbrückengasse 6, and the house
where he was born is found in Nussdorfer Straße 54 in
the 9th district. Mozart spent the happiest years of his life
in his apartment situated in the 1st district, Domgasse 5,
in which he composed the "Marriage of Figaro". Haydn's
last residence was in the 6th district, Haydngasse 19, and
Gluck's former residence is found in Wiedner Hauptstraße
32, in the 4th district. All these places are nowadays dedicated
to their famous inhabitants and open for visitors.
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Museum
moderner Kunst
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Since 1979, the Federal Museum of Modern Art has been established
in the palace built around 1700 and designed by Domenico Martinelli,
the so called Palais Liechtenstein. In the near future this
museum is to find a new location in the Museum Quarter, which
is under construction. The collection comprises contemporary
art in different trends like Realism, Surrealism, Pop Art,
Object Art and Happening. Part of the Museum of Modern Art
is the so called 20s Haus, which served as the Austrian pavilion
at the Brussels World´s Fair of 1958. Conceptual Art,
Minimalist Art, Arte Povera or special exhibitions dealing
with contemporary art are featured in this building.
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This beautiful stairway is situated opposite the baroque palace
of Lichtenstein. It is certainly one of the most attractive
Art Nouveau contructions in Vienna. The steps lead up onto the
higher Waehringer Strasse . It is a peaceful place, in which
one is likely only to hear the sound of the water from two fountains
splashing to the ground. The Strudelhofstiege was shot to world
fame in 1951, due to a novel which was written by Heimito von
Doderers which used its name.
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Since 1979, the Federal Museum of Modern Art has been established
in the palace built around 1700 and designed by Domenico Martinelli,
the so called Palais Liechtenstein. In the near future this
museum is to find a new location in the Museum Quarter, which
is under construction. The collection comprises contemporary
art in different trends like Realism, Surrealism, Pop Art, Object
Art and Happening. Part of the Museum of Modern Art is the so
called 20s Haus, which served as the Austrian pavilion at the
Brussels World´s Fair of 1958. Conceptual Art, Minimalist
Art, Arte Povera or special exhibitions dealing with contemporary
art are featured in this building.
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Originally, the world famous Spanish white horses, the Lipizzans,
had been bred from Lipizza in Slovenia since the late 16th century.
Nowadays the permanent home of these splendid horses is in Piber,
in the Austrian province of Styria. People who don´t want
to travel so far can take a look in the newly opened Lipizzan
Museum, situated in the former imperial pharmacy, in the first
district. The exhibition looks back at the history of the Lipizzans
with paintings, drawings, photographs, engravings, riders' uniforms
and videoclips, which illuminate the world of haute école.
Through big glass windows visitors can have a look at the horses'
stables, and it is also possible to buy tickets for training
sessions at the Riding School. Admission fees; 70 ATS (EUR 5.5).
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Fans of Hundertwasser may well be tempted to trek down the
Gumpendorfer Straße to see a similar transformation of
a council housing block by artist Arik Brauer in collaboration
with the architect Peter Pelikan who also worked on the Hundertwasserhaus.
Built on the initiative of the popular Viennese mayor Helmut
Zilk between 1991-3, the facade is decorated with two large
ceramic friezes by Brauer but as a whole the building is indistinguishable
from Hundertwasser?s except for the absence of vegetation.
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