Votivkirche

Votivkirche - Votive Church. Built in 1856-1879 to commemorate Fran Josef's escape from an attempted assassination near the site. Rooseveltplatz 8. "In the Maximilians-Platz , with its planted grounds, between the Währinger-Str. and the Universitäts - Str., rises the Votive Church (Heilandskirche), the first important modern church in Vienna, erected in the Gothic style from designs by Ferstel in 1856-79, in memory of the Emperor's escape from assassination in 1853. The fine façade has two open towers, 315 ft. high, and numerous statues."--Baedeker 1911 P1260146p1

Vienna Day 1

September 30th 2011
We left Budapest at 8:00 a.m. for Vienna. The coach followed the M1 motorway through Hungary and then picked up the A4 in Austria. The drive took us through the Little Hungarian Plain, an area of rolling countryside south of the Danube in Western Hungary. After a rest stop midway, we reached Vienna at about 11:20 a.m. There was a break or lunch on our own before meeting for a walking tour of centr ... read more

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Once the center of power for the large Austro-Hungarian Empire, Austria was reduced to a small republic after its defeat in World War I. Following annexation by Nazi Germany in 1938 and subsequent occupation by the victorious Allies in 1945, Austria'... ... read more

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