Nave and High Altar

Stephansdom - St. Stephen's Cathedral. Nave and view into the Choir and High Altar. The Nave was expanded and vaulted in 1446-1454. Historic Centre of Vienna UNESCO World Heritage site. "The Interior (entered by the Prim-Tor or the Adler-Tor) is 355 ft. long, and 115 ft. broad, and 74 (in the nave, 92) ft. high. The nave has no upper lights so that a solemn twilight always prevails. The rich groined vaulting is borne by 18 massive pillars, adorned with over 100 statues. Numerous baroque altars of the 17th cent. enhance the picturesque effect."--Baedeker 1909 P1260106

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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