Hofburg: Michaelertrakt

Hofburg: Michaelertrakt. The southern gateway to the Hofburg was completed in 1893. "The Chief Façade in the Michaeler-Platz, erected in 1889-93 by Ferd. Kirschner, from an old engraving, completes for the outside of the Reichskanzlei the design of Fischer for its inner façade. This outer façade, flanked with two domed pavilions, recedes slightly towards the centre, where a massive portal, crowned with a lofty dome, forms the entrance to the palace-yard."--Baedeker 1911 P1260086

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

Europe » Austria » Vienna

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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