GROUP OFFERS 17/03–11/11 2018 SCHALLABURG BYZANTIUM & THE WEST A MILLENNIUM FORGOTTEN

In cooperation with BENAKI MUSEUM, ATHENS Comb with In 2018, Schallaburg personifications of Rome (image) and Constantinople Castle is recalling a fascinating story from the past. It is about prejudices and the thirst for knowledge, about greed and fascination, about two worlds that were so intimately interwoven and yet so far apart. It is the story of Byzantium and the West.

MUSÉE DU LOUVRE, PARIS Face of an angel, mosaic after a Byzantine model AACHEN CATHEDRAL TREASURY Exhibits from renowned collections such as Book cover from the 11th century with the Musée de Louvre in Paris call to mind Byzantine ivory and Western metalwork a thousand forgotten years: we shall put to sea with pilgrims and crusaders, meet Charlemagne at his coronation, and accompany the Byzantine Princess Theodora on her way to .

With this unique blend of stories, objects and historic personalities, is bringing the past to life and building a bridge between the Middle Ages and today. GROUP 1. Byzantium & the West PACKAGES The show © Helmut Lackinger

Price: € 12.50 Exhibits from all over the world tell the fascinating per person story of Byzantium and the West. (offer available for 2018 groups of 20 or more) • ticket for Schallaburg Castle Booking: • guided tour of the exhibition [email protected], T +43 2754 6317-0 • individual tour of the castle

2. Byzantium & the West & the Schallaburg Castle restaurant © Martina Siebenhandl

Price: € 29.30 A culinary encounter per person • ticket for Schallaburg Castle (offer available for groups of 20 or more) • guided tour of the exhibition Booking: Mostviertel • three-course Mediterranean lunch menu Tourismus GmbH, T +43 7482 204 44 • individual tour of the castle 3. 5. Byzantium & the West Byzantium & the West & Fireland Foods & Dürnstein © Markus Haslinger © Fireland Foods

Price: € 18.00 Look behind the scenes of the cultivation and Price: € 17.10 Picturesquely situated by the Danube river, Dürnstein per person processing of the world’s hottest peppers. per person (offer available for (offer available for looks back on a long history which even includes a chapter groups of 20 or more) • ticket for Schallaburg Castle groups of 20 or more) on the captivity of Richard I “Lionheart”, King of England. Booking: Mostviertel • guided tour of the exhibition Booking: Krems • ticket for Schallaburg Castle Tourismus GmbH, Tourismus GmbH, T +43 7482 204 44 • individual tour of the castle T +43 2732 82676 • guided tour of the exhibition • guided tour of Fireland Foods • individual tour of the castle • visit to and historical guided tour of Dürnstein

4. 6. Byzantium & the West Byzantium & the West & the valley & the city of © foto-gleiss.at © © BRANDNER Schiffahrt Melk, former residence of the House of Babenberg, has Price: € 39.00 Go aboard the “MS Austria” liner for a cruise through Price: € 18.00 per person an impressively colourful past to boast. per person the Wachau valley past medieval castle ruins, steep, (offer available for (offer available for • ticket for Schallaburg Castle groups of 20 or more) rugged rock, and picturesque vineyards. groups of 20 or more) • guided tour of the exhibition Booking: Mostviertel • ticket for Schallaburg Castle Booking: Mostviertel Tourismus GmbH, Tourismus GmbH, • individual tour of the castle • guided tour of the exhibition T +43 7482 204 44 T +43 7482 204 44 • visit to Melk and historical tour of the • individual tour of the castle Babenberg era • cruise aboard the “MS Austria” from Melk to Spitz • snack at a traditional wine tavern in Spitz Schallaburg Castle restaurant Welcome to Group menus starting from € 13.20 Schallaburg Castle! Booking: [email protected] Offers for T +43 2764 6310 1. Guided tour of Schallaburg Castle Schallaburg Castle Price: € 3.50 per person Exhibition (offer available for groups of 20 or more, not including 1. admission) 2. Duration: 75 min.

Archery at the shooting range 3. Price: € 3.50 per person (offer available for groups of 20 or more, not including © Martina Siebenhandl admission) Duration: 75 Min. 2. Ticket for Schallaburg Castle Castle restaurant 4. Price: € 9.00 per person (offer available for groups of 20 or more)

5. Booking: [email protected] T +43 2754 6317-0

Playing boccia in the castle garden is free. © Daniela Matejschek

3. 4. 5. castle Playground Castle garden © Helmut Lackinger © Thomas Schnabel © Daniela Matejschek BYZANTIUM & THE WEST A MILLENNIUM FORGOTTEN

Vienna

Schallaburg Kulturbetriebsges.m.b.H. 3382 Schallaburg 1 Prague T +43 2754 6317-0 Vienna [email protected] Legal notice: www.schallaburg.at Schallaburg Kulturbetriebsges.m.b.H. Content: Falko Daim, Dominik Heher Cultural mediation: zunder zwo Exhibition design and graphic design: Barrier-free access Gruppe Gut Gestaltung and Marco Handsur to the exhibition and restaurant Print: Walla GmbH printing house, Vienna Free coach park Picture credits: Illustrations on pp. 1,2,4,10: Angelo Monne, Dorgali; Icon (detail) on p. 1 © Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, photo: Sebastian Tolle; Comb on p. 2 Opening hours © Benaki Museum, Athens; Mosaic on p. 3 © RMN-Grand Palais (Musée du Louvre), Mon.–Fri. 9:00 am–5:00 pm (last admission at 4:00 pm) photo: Martine Beck-Coppola; Golden book Sat., Sun. and holidays 9:00 am–6:00 pm cover on p. 5 © Aachen Cathedral chapter, photo: Pit Siebigs; Illustration on p. 9: Aleksandra (last admission at 5:00 pm) Stuchlik; Graphic design on p. 10: Fuhrer