Josefsplatz
Josefsplatz at the Hofburg with the Redoutdensaale in the background. "This historic hall served as the setting for many profoundly important historic events: Mozart operas, the debut performance of Beethoven’s 8th symphony, works by Franz Liszt and Josef Strauss." The Redoutdensaale is now a banquet and events venue.
"The Josephs-Platz, in which rises a bronze Statue of Joseph II (1780-90) on horseback, in Roman garb, by Fr. Zauner (1807), is bounded on the N.W. by the Redoutensäle of the Hofburg, on the S.W. by the Hofbibliothek ..."--Baedeker 1911
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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 
