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Sculpture "Stairway to Heaven"  
   

Sculpture "Stairway to Heaven"

"An approximately five-meter-high, dynamic staircase made with 131 Bibles, built by the artist Jochen Höller, invites the visitors of the [Michaelerkirche] church to align themselves heavenward. If you look with your eyes over the bible steps into the heights of the church space, you automatically look into the baroque sky above the altar, in the center of which the Trinity is symbolized by a ray-crowned triangle. "I came to the sculpture 'Stairway To Heaven', too. What happens to Bibles that have no owner? ‘. In some religions there are indeed something like bible burials. Then I started collecting Bibles and had the idea to present them in a church and make a 'Stairway To Heaven'. “ https://www.erzdioezese-wien.at/site/nachrichtenmagazin/schwerpunkt/kirchekunst/article/62661.html
Odyssey 2018 - Imperial opulence, Baroque splendor, and chilling reminders from the past

March 19th 2018
The weather has been so cold in Vienna since our arrival that we hibernated in our warm and cozy apartment this past weekend. On Sunday, we awoke to find a dusting of snow covering our back patio, and this morning the temperature was a frigid 23 degrees Fahrenheit! Our thin Florida blood is having a difficult time coping with these conditions, and neither of us can remember when we last experie ... read more
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Austrian Flag 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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