Romanic Heidentowers
The gothic St. Stephen's Cathedral forms the center of the city. The southern tower ("Steffl") reaches 137 m in height and is visible from afar. Being the national Church of Austria, it holds inside great art treasures and is amongst other things the burial place Rudolf IV., Friedrich III. and Prince Eugene. It was also the site of many important Habsburg family celebrations.
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“The audience in much richer cities affords the theater, the Viennese need the theater. "
MICHAEL HELTAU, Viennese actor and singer
Vienna International Center (Donaustadt)
If you are interested in seeing another museum, palace or theater in Vienna from the inside with your group and want a competent tour, then contact me!
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Museum of Fine Arts (Ring)
Imperial Treasury
Vienna is a former seat of the emperors and kings of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. Because of that, it is still in possession of the original imperial insignia. Other showpieces of the Secular Treasury are the imperial crown of Austria, the two inalienable heirlooms of the Habsburgs (agate bowl and unicorn), the ceremonial cradle of Napoleon Bonaparte's son and the valuable equipment of the Order of the Golden Fleece. Habsburg relics and other religious showpieces can be seen in the neighboring spiritual treasury.
www.kaiserliche-schatzkammer.at/en
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Museum of Fine Arts
The art collection of the Museum of Fine Arts is world-famous. Above all, the picture gallery and the Art Chamber are places of outstanding artwork of priceless (insurance) value. Brueghel, Rembrandt, Caravaggio, Rubens, Titian, Velasquez and Dürer are major works. Cellini's golden salt box "Saliera" is just one of the showpieces exhibited in the Art Chamber.
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Upper Belvedere Palace
With Gustav Klimt's "Kiss" a crowd-puller of the first order is exhibited in the Austrian Gallery. Worth seeing are the remaining works of Klimt too, aswell as those of Schiele and other the artists of the Vienna Secession. The paintings by Waldmüller, Amerling and Fendi take us back to the time of the Biedermeier era, while the "character heads" of Messerschmidt are unique in baroque plastic depictions.
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Jewish Museum Vienna
The museum has two locations in downtown Vienna, in the former palace Eskeles (Dorotheergasse 11), opened in 1993, and in the Misrachi House (Judenplatz 8), opened in 2000. As early as 1895, the world's first Jewish museum was opened in Leopoldstadt. In addition to the spectacular permanent exhibitions (including excavations of a synagogue on Judenplatz from the 13th century!), temporary exhibitions about famous Viennese personalities can be seen.
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Leopold Museum
Since 2001, the collection of the Leopold couple can be viewed in the museum built especially for this by the architect brothers Ortner in the Museumsquartier in Vienna, a cube clad in white limestone from the Danube shell. In addition to the largest collection of works by Schiele, those by Austrian artists from the second half of the 19th century and from the modern age can be seen here. Accordingly, since 2019 the permanent exhibition has been entitled "Vienna 1900. Birth of Modernism".
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Museum of Modern Art Ludwig Foundation Vienna (mumok)
The mumok was opened in 1962 as a "Museum of the 20th Century". Designed by the same architects as the Leopold Museum, it opened its doors at this location in 2001. The striking dark gray basalt block in the middle of the MuseumsQuartier houses an extraordinary collection with major works of Classic Modernism, Pop Art, Fluxus and Viennese Actionism through to current film and media art.
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Sigmund Freud Museum
Berggasse 19, located in Alsergrund, is one of the most famous addresses in Vienna. Sigmund Freud lived and ordained here for 46 years, from 1891 to 1938. The permanent exhibition "Hidden Thoughts of a Visual Nature" was set up in Sigmund Freud's "first ordination" on the mezzanine floor. Numerous exhibits in the exhibition rooms illuminate the professional stations and biographical facets of Freud's life and everyday family life. After the expansion and reopening in 2020, all the rooms where Freud lived and worked are accessible for the first time.
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Mozart House Vienna
The heart of the Mozart House is the Mozart Apartment. Wolfgang Amadé Mozart lived here with his family from 1784 to 1787 and composed works such as his world-famous opera "Le Nozze di Figaro" or three of the six "Haydn Quartets". It is the largest, most elegant and most expensive apartment that Mozart ever lived in, and it is the only Viennese apartment that has survived to this day. Regular special exhibitions supplement the permanent exhibition.
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Albertina Vienna
The museum was the residence of Habsburg archdukes and archduchesses for around 100 years. 20 sumptuously furnished and lavishly restored state rooms bear witness to this period, which, with valuable wall coverings, chandeliers, fireplaces, exquisite inlays and fine furniture, take you into the magnificent realm of classicism. With the Batliner Collection, the Albertina owns one of the most important collections of classical modern painting in Europe. Founded in 1776 by Duke Albert von Sachsen-Teschen, it now includes over a million drawings and prints from late Gothic to the present day. From Michelangelo and Dürer to Rembrandt and Rubens, from Klimt and Schiele to Picasso, Richter and Lassnig – the Albertina collection provides a rich overview of 600 years of art history.
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Schönbrunn Palace
Schönbrunn Palace
Schönbrunn is the visitor magnet of Vienna, a must-attend event for all new visitors to the city. Zita and Charles I, Sisi and Franz Josef I, Maria Theresa and Francis I Lorraine, Napoleon Bonaparte and Joseph I lived in the Schönbrunn Palace. Observe the splendor of 22 state rooms in one of the most beautiful baroque summer castles!
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Imperial Apartements
The Hofburg was the winter palace of the Habsburgs, the seat of government of the monarchy over many centuries. We will visit the imperial apartments of Emperor Franz Josef I, the neighboring Sisi Museum and the Silver Collection. A large court took care of the smooth functioning of the imperial court in the Hofburg until 1918. You will get an insight into a world only privileged people could access back then.
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Vienna State Opera
With Mozart's opera "Don Giovanni", the Vienna State Opera was opened as a court opera 150 years ago. We will look behind the scenes of the world's largest repertoire and give a vivid account of the annual change to the Vienna Opera Ball.
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Assumption of Mary with Apostles John and Paul (Am Hof Church)
Am Hof church (at the Court)
Even the outer facade of the Am Hof church is an eye-catcher, a baroque balcony, many windows and three entrances. Three popes gave the Viennese the Urbi et orbi blessing from up here. The interior of the town church surprises visitors with its size and the different styles (gothic, baroque and classicism). During a tour you will learn in detail about the architecture, the works of art and, last but not least, about the donors of the chapels or about the orders that looked after this church and the former monastery.
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Imperial tract of the monastery complex with garden
The monastery of Leopold III.
Leopold III, later patron of Lower Austria and Vienna, founded the monastery in 1114 right next to his residence. Not only the exposed location on a rock above the Danube impresses the visitors, the architecture, the art collections and the wine cellar also have fascinating proportions. During our tour we see the highlights of the collections, including the valuable Verdun Altar, the reliquary of Leopold III, the Austrian archduke's hat, the huge Gothic genealogical table of the Babenbergs and the Gothic Albrecht Altar from the Am Hof Church.
www.stift-klosterneuburg.at/en
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