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Austrian Belvedere Gallery
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Town: Vienna
Address: Prinz-Eugen-Strasse 27
Phone: +43 1 795570
e-mail: info@belvedere.at
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Price: 8 - 10 EUR
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| Set southeast of Karlsplatz, the Belvedere is located on a slope above Vienna. Following designs by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, the Belvedere was erected as a summer residence for Prince Eugene of Savoy. The complex comprises two palatial structures each built of a series of interlocking cubes. The interiors are dominated by flowing staircases. Of particular note is the Gold Salon as well as the regal French-style garden. Unteres Belvedere, or Lower Belvedere, is a structure of around 1714–16, while Oberes Belvedere, or Upper Belvedere, was commenced in 1721.
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Austrian National Library
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Town: Vienna
Address: Augustinerstraße 1
Phone: +43 1 534 1315
e-mail: onb@onb.ac.at
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| The Austrian National Library is an architectural masterpiece of the Viennese baroque. Its architects were Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach and his son Emanuel. It is the largest baroque library in Europe. The library was founded in the first half of the 18th century as an independent wing of the Imperial Palace.
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Beethoven Memorial
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Town: Vienna
Address: Jeneweingasse 17
Phone: +43 1 278 5267
e-mail: post@m10.magwien.gv.at
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Opening Hours: Monday-Sunday 09:00 -16:30
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| The Beethoven Memorial House (Eroica house) and its collections may be viewed every day in the months of May, June and September. Guided tours may be arranged by phone or by email.
If you are coming with a car take the Floridsdorfer Bruecke and drive across the Danube, then straight forward the Floridsdorfer Hauptstrasse. From the second traffic lights take left and follow the Jedleseer Strasse for 1,5 kilometers, until it changes the direction half-right into Jeneweingasse.
If you want to use the public transport you can take the subway U6 or the "Schnellbahn" to the Floridsdorf station and change to the bus number 33B, which will bring you in 5 minutes to Jeneweingasse.
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Belvedere
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Town: Vienna
Address: Prinz-Eugen-Strasse, 27
Phone: +43 1 79 55 70
e-mail: public@belvedere.at
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Website: http://www.belvedere.at/
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| Visitors looking for the essence of Viennese sophistication and a sense of architectonical style need to look no further than the Belvedere, one of the city's most prominent landmarks. In the 21st Century, the magnificent Baroque residence continues to turn the heads of passers-by just as it did over three centuries ago.
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British Academy
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Town: Vienna
Address: 10 Carlton House Terrace
Phone: +44 2 079695200
e-mail: chiefexec@britac.ac.uk
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| The British Academy (BA) was established in 1902 by a Royal Charter and is the national academy for humanities and social sciences. The Academy is an independent and self-governing fellowship of more than 800 scholars, and is associated with a number of international, partner organisations and institutions.
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Burgtheater
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Town: Vienna
Address: Dr. Karl Lueger Ring 2
Phone: +43 1 51444 4140
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Burgtheater or simply the Burg as the people of Vienna lovingly call it, is more than a drama venue – it is an institution. Built in the 19th Century, it is today one of the oldest still operating theatres in Europe, in fact the second after the French Comedie Francaise. A sacred place for the German speaking world, Burgtheater represents today an exhaustive scope of what Austrian dramatic art has produced and it keeps on proclaiming the classics of theatrical Europe.
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Der Graben
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Town: Vienna
Address: Der Graben
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| Der Graben must be included in your sightseeing tour, since it’s one of the most popular streets in Vienna’s first district, situated in the city centre. It connects Stock-im-Eisen Platz, located next to the Palais Equitable with the junction of Kohlmarkt and Tuchlauben. You can discover other famous streets in the same area, such as Tiefer Graben and Wipplinger Strasse, the latter set under the Hohe Brücke Bridge. Der Graben’s origin dates back to the old Roman times and the encampment of Vindobona’s settlement, which was situated along the present-day street. Later, the trench was filled and levelled to become one of the first residential streets in the new city district. At first, Der Graben was used as a marketplace and gained various additional names for the type of products sold there, such as Grüner Markt, Kräutermarkt and Brotbänke.
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Ethnology Museum
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Town: Vienna
Address: Neue Burg
Phone: +43 1 525 240
e-mail: info@ethno-museum.ac.at
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Price: 0 - 10 EUR
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| The Museum of Ethnology Vienna, one of the world's most significant ethnological museums, comprises collections from Oceania and North America gathered by James Cook during his 1768 – 80 travels. This site also houses a group of Mexican featherwork and other rare objects from the Americas, Africa and Indonesia, which in 1596 formed the collection of Archduke Ferdinand of Tyrol at Ambras Castle.
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