Opera, built in 1869

Vienna, Austria

Albertinaplatz

Vienna, Austria

Monument Against War and Fascism

Vienna, Austria

represents a Jew forced to scrub anti-Nazi graffiti off a street with a toothbrush

Vienna, Austria

Neuer Markt square

Vienna, Austria

St. Stephen's Cathedral

Vienna, Austria

Beautiful colorful roof of St. Stephen's Cathedral

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Inside St. Stephen's Cathedral

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Altar of St. Stephen's Cathedral

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St. Stephen's Cathedral roof

Vienna, Austria

View from the North Tower of St. Stephen's Cathedral

Vienna, Austria

"the Boomer" 21 ton bell at St. Stephen's Cathedral

Vienna, Austria

Eric looks cold, top of St. Stephen's Cathedral

Vienna, Austria

Kim being silly on top of St. Stephen's Cathedral

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Another shopping street by St. Stephen's Cathedral

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Some building by St. Stephen's Cathedral

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Holy Trinity plague column. Emp. Leopold I knelt in public to beg God to save them from the bubonic plague and in return he would build a monument.

St. Peter's Church, Leopold I aslo ordered this church to be built as a thank you for surviving the 1679 plague.

oops...mass at St. Peter's Church

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The dome is oval! St. Peter's Church

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Hofburg Palace grounds

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Old Roman remains by the Hofburg Palace grounds

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Inside the treasury of Hofburg Palace

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Gold plated bible.

Napoleon's son's cradle

Used to baptize noble children (weighs 23 pounds!)

2,680-karat emerald!

Looking toward the Rathus from the Hofburg Palace grounds

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New Palace, built for Archduke Ferdinand, future Emperor, but he was assassinated in Sarajevo and soon WWI started and the family's rule ended.

Part of a 13th century church that was discovered when they were building the subway station by St. Stephan's Cathedral...Very Cool!

Votive Church, built as a "thank you" for a failed assassinatiopon attempt on Emperor Franz Josef.

Beethoven lived in the building just behind this statue (to the left)

Part of the old city wall that was torn down in the 1860s, behind is were Beethoven lived

Burgtheater, Austria's national theater

Rathaus (City Hall)

Austrian Parliament

Austrian Parliament

Schonbrunn Palace

Schonbrunn Palace

Schonbrunn Palace gardens

Schonbrunn Palace gardens

Schonbrunn Palace

Schonbrunn Palace gardens

Schonbrunn Palace gardens

Schonbrunn Palace

 

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