Royal life in Vienna Not just big - impressively grand - Vienna’s palaces and churches are every bit royal in noblesse, height and history. Being used to Swiss towns where rows of nice middle-class houses clustered around one or two market places form the city centre, maybe a church or sometimes even a cathedral being the only building with some kind of grandeur, Vienna is impressive. It is the mere size of the buildings which stunned us. It might not be especially beautiful (as St. Petersburg) nor especially well situated (as Prague), but noble, royally grand. We got a glimpse of what the royal life used to be to Franz Josef and Sissi’s times in their famous Schoenbrunn Palace a couple of kilometres outside of Vienna proper. A stunning reception hall, beautiful guest corner, richly decorated
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