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H S Otto Wagner I WIEN MUSEUM WIEN MUSEUM WIEN MUSEUM L Hofpavillon G N WIEN MUSEUM Hietzing VIRGILKAPELLE AUSGRABUNGEN PRATERMUSEUM E Photo: s Wolfgang Thaler 1010 Vienna, Stephansplatz 1020 Vienna, Oswald-Thomas-Platz 1 s u u a a n n (Underground Station) MICHAELERPLATZ r (Planetarium, near the Riesenrad/ r u u H H Tuesday to Sunday and public holidays, Ferris Wheel) a 1010 Vienna, Michaelerplatz a h h t t r 10 a.m. to 6. p.m. Friday to Sunday and public holidays, r Accessible at all times e e H H : 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. : o o t t o o Built around 1220 –1230, the h From the end of the first century h P The Prater Museum traces the P Chapel of St. Virgil (Virgilkapelle) C.E., two Roman thoroughfares history of a beloved Viennese is one of the best-preserved traversed today’s Michaelerplatz. WIEN MUSEUM institution poised to celebrate WIEN MUSEUM Gothic interior spaces in Vienna. Here the Limesstraße, which its 250 th anniversary in 2016. This fascinating sacred space marked the Danubian border of UHRENMUSEUM HERMESVILLA Back in the day, “strong men” beneath Stephansplatz was ini - the Roman Empire, intersected 1010 Vienna, Schulhof 2 1130 Vienna, Lainzer Tiergarten tially conceived as the founda - Tuesday to Sunday and public holidays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and the booth with its “legless Otto Wagner From Palm Sunday to 1 November, with a long-distance road that Pavillon Karlsplatz tion for another chapel planned lady” astounded visitors who Tuesday to Sunday and public holidays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. followed the Vienna River on its The Clock Museum is a unique gem Photo: Hertha Hurnaus Please note that the Hermesvilla closes 30 minutes before came to the Prater, some to for the square. The Chapel of westward route. Around 1990, among European museums. Every hour, closure of the Game Reserve gates. Photo: Wien Museum forget their daily cares in the Opening times are shorter in the fall. St. Virgil subsequently faded remnants of four Roman homes all three floors of this enchanting Old many restaurants and taverns. For up-to-date information visit www.wienmuseum.at. from view until its rediscovery in were uncovered at this crossing Viennese building in the center of the The Prater was the backdrop 1973 during the construction of located in a settlement on the city resound with the bells and music Situated in the middle of the Lainzer Tiergarten, for the World Exhibition of the subway line. A compact ex - outskirts of Vindobona. of the clocks tolling time. The exhibition Empress Elisabeth’s “Palace of Dreams” was 1873, and theme parks like hibition dedicated to medieval includes clocks from around the world, a gift from Emperor Franz Joseph to quell his “Venice in Vienna,” opulent Vienna complements this re - from playful picture clocks and techno - wife’s wanderlust. Carl von Hasenauer of flower parades, and the first cently restored space. WIEN MUSEUM logically fascinating astronomical clocks Ringstraße fame needed five years to complete cinemas attracted crowds in to the artful clocks of the Biedermeier this opulent villa, which inspired other romantic Photos: Kollektiv Fischka NEIDHART FRESKEN the years after. Even if the and Belle Époque eras. country houses of the haute bourgeoisie . Leading 1010 Vienna, Tuchlauben 19 Prater’s glory days are a thing painters of the time decorated the villa, among Empress Tuesday to Sunday and public holidays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. WIEN MUSEUM of the past, this leisure park them Franz Matsch and the brothers Klimt Elisabeth, 1865 Photo: Emil The Neidhart frescoes originated in 1407 and remains a beloved and signifi - OTTO WAGNER (Gustav and Ernst). Portions of the original Rabending cant landmark in Vienna’s cul - The “Internationales once decorated the private dance hall of the Heiraths Vermittlungs furnishings, such as Empress Elizabeth’s tural landscape. PAVILLON KARLSPLATZ Empress wealthy cloth merchant, Michel Menschein. Bureau” automaton, ca. 1897 bedroom and gymnastics room, convey the Elisabeth’s The cycle of paintings portrays scenes from the 1040 Vienna, Karlsplatz April through October, Tuesday to Sunday and public holidays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. feeling of imperial home life away from the bedroom life and verses of the minstrel, Neidhart von First scene on the official decorum of the court. south wall of the Photo: Wien Museum Reuental, such as a spring festival and a feast dance hall Laterndluhr (Vienne se „latern clock“), ca. OTTO WAGNER set to a medieval “Reigen” dance. Photo: Birgit & Peter Kainz 1830, Franz Sterl, Mauer (near Vienna) HOFPAVILLON HIETZING 1130 Vienna, Schönbrunner Schloßstraße April through October: Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. When developing the Viennese metropolitan railway ( Stadtbahn ) around 1900, Otto Wagner designed two splendid Jugendstil pavilions to serve as station buildings on Karlsplatz. Today, one Tower clock mechanism of the two former pavilions houses a documentation center that from St. Stephen’s sheds light on Wagner’s prodigious career. Active in city planning m m u Cathedral, 1699, Joachim u e e s s and architecture, Wagner designed internationally acclaimed u Oberkircher, Vienna u M M n n buildings such as the Postsparkasse and the Kirche am Stein - e e i i W W : : s s hof. Wagner also designed a train station built exclusively for the o World time o Merry-go-round t t o o h h P wristwatch, P horse, ca. 1880 Habsburg imperial family. Newly renovated, it is located near 1970 Schloss Schönbrunn in Hietzing. s u a n r u H Gustav Klimt, a h t WIEN MUSEUM WIEN MUSEUM r Portrait of Emilie e H : WIEN MUSEUM Flöge, 1902 o t o MUSIKERWOHNUNGEN RÖMERMUSEUM h P 1010 Vienna, Hoher Markt 3 The Wien Museum takes you to the General Discounted Tuesday to Sunday and public holidays, Admission Admission Rate apartments and residences where 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. famous composers produced their Wien Museum Karlsplatz EUR 10 EUR 7 Vindobona was name of the legionary Friedrich von most endearing works. Visit the apart - Hermesvilla EUR 7 EUR 5 s u Amerling, a encampment that sprung up nearly Römermuseum EUR 7 EUR 5 n r ment where Mozart composed his The Three Most u H Uhrenmuseum 7 5 2000 years ago in what is now the EUR EUR a Delightful h “Marriage of Figaro” while living with t r COMPOSERS’ RESIDENCES e historic heart of Vienna. During its Things, 1838 H : his entire kith and kin, including his o Beethoven Museum 7 5 t EUR EUR o heyday, a colourful mix of nearly h dog. Come and visit Johann Strauß on P Beethoven Museum Photo: Birgit and Peter Kainz 30,000 Romans, locals, and immi - Beethoven Eroicahaus EUR 5 EUR 4 Praterstraße, where he composed Beethoven Pasqualatihaus EUR 5 EUR 4 Wolfgang grants from all corners of the empire “The Blue Danube,” or stop in at the Statuette Haydnhaus EUR 5 EUR 4 Amadeus inhabited this Roman outpost. The “Pasqualatihaus” on the Mölker Bastei, Mozart, 1803 of Mercury Mozartwohnung in the Mozarthaus Vienna EUR 11 EUR 9 from a buildings of Vindobona and the every - where Beethoven spent many years of Schubert Geburtshaus EUR 5 EUR 4 house altar day lives of the soldiers and the civil - his life. Feel the atmosphere of the Schubert Sterbewohnung EUR 5 EUR 4 Living Room BEETHOVEN MUSEUM ian population form the focal points Johann Strauss Wohnung 5 4 Franz Xaver Haydnhaus or the house where EUR EUR with Chimney 1190 Vienna, Probusgasse 6 WIEN MUSEUM Messerschmidt, of an exhibition that also deals with Neidhart Fresken EUR 5 EUR 4 Room from Schubert was born – two jewels of Tuesday to Sunday and public holidays, The Highest the major civilian settlements in the Otto Wagner Hofpavillon Hietzing EUR 5 EUR 4 the Flat of Old Vienna. Portraits, sheet music, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. KARLSPLATZ Degree of Simplicity, Otto Wagner Pavillon Karlsplatz 5 4 Architect Adolf shadow of Vindobona. These impor - EUR EUR 1040 Vienna, Karlsplatz 8 after 1770 personal belongings, and audio sam - Loos, 1903 BEETHOVEN EROICAHAUS tant ancillary hubs housed the fami - Pratermuseum EUR 5 EUR 4 Tuesday to Sunday and public holidays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. ples tell of the lives and work of these 1190 Vienna, Döblinger Hauptstraße 92 lies of the soldiers and served to Virgilkapelle EUR 5 EUR 4 Eduard Fischer, musical geniuses. The most important Open only on request: A fascinating mixture of art and history span - Model of provision the legionary base with food Beethoven Paqualatihaus Photo: Hertha Hurnaus Tel.: (+43-1) 505 87 47-85173 Visitors under 19 years of age FREE ENTRY Vienna’s Inner exhibit, though, is the location itself – ning the Middle Ages to the early twentieth and other commodities. Animated First Sunday of every month (all visitors) FREE ENTRY City, 1852/54 a truly unique experience! century awaits visitors to the Wien Museum on BEETHOVEN PASQUALATIHAUS reconstructions, hands-on replicas, (with the exception of the Mozartwohnung in the Mozarthaus Vienna) 1010 Vienna, Mölker Bastei 8 Karlsplatz. Original stained-glass windows and and a play station for children com - Tuesday to Sunday and public holidays, Information for visitors sculptures from St. Stephen's Cathedral reflect 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. plement the 300 objects on display.