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SQUARES
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They can be real gardens or maybe they
can be the frame of old buildings or
also the stage for the city events.
No doubt the Vienna’s squares
are masterpieces with no equals. The
central squares of the city are Maria
Theresien Platz and Helden Platz: in
the center of the first one there is
the monument dedicated to the homonymous
Queen. We can find also the museum of
natural history and history of art.
The second square is dedicated to the
winning heroes againts the Turks and
here we can find the new fortress (Neue
Burg), which belongs to the Hoffburg’s
complex. Another square named Am Of
which is surrounded by Baroque buildings,
is a meeting and shopping place where
we can find exactly in the center, the
”Virgin’s column”.
On its right side there is the Baroque
Jesuit’s church. Many others Baroque
buildings encircle the lively Graben
square which shows in its centre the
“Plague’s column”,
builded at the end of seventeeth century
after the pestilential epidemic that
affected the city.
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Karlsplatz: |
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It’s
advisable to visit the square not only to
see St.Charles Borromeo church (Karlskirche),
which is a prestigious Baroque building,
but also to see the finest underground marble
and gold blocks realised by Otto Wagner. |
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Neue Markt: |
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Despite it has been damaged
by bombing during the second world war
,the square preserves its proper fascination
and the stately “Providence Fountain”.
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Rathaus platz: |
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The space in front of the town hall,
surrounded by gardens, houses in December
the woody market stalls and the big lighted
Christmas tree, changing so into a classy
Christmas market.
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Josefsplatz: |
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Both Baroque buildings, Pallavicini palace
and the National library overlook this beautiful
square which is close to the Hoffburg.
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