The collections of the Gallery of 19 and 20C Art are in the Upper Belvedere. On the first floor the collections range from the « Historicist , Realist and Impressionist » movements to « Art of the early years of the 20C». The second floor contai..

Vienna owes Belvedere not to an Emperor but a general, Eugène of Savoy , one of the most inspired of the time. Returning to more princely activities after his victorious campaigns against the Turks and Louis XIV, he commissioned the finest Baroque e..

Prince Eugène's apartments provide a rich setting for the Museum of Baroque Art . The works are classified by theme giving visitors an idea of the spirit and taste of 18C painting and sculpture. Three sections are of particular interest: the Marble ..

Inaugurated in 1897, the Ferris Wheel has become one of the symbols of Vienna. Standing at nearly 65m high and turning at a rate of one full rotation every 20min, it affords excellent views . This is, of course, if you are not made too nervous by ..

Designed by Jean Tréhet in around 1691, in the classical French style, Schönbrunn Park opens onto a vast perspective which, after Neptune's fountain , leads to the Gloriette whose arcaded gallery stands out on the skyline. The park contains vari..

To the north of Vienna lie the lower slopes of the Viennese Forest which meet the Danube here. The Döbling district is composed of old wine-growing villages such as Grinzing . There is a lower urbanised sector and an upper residential quarter reachi..

The Church of St Leopold was built by Otto Wagner between 1904 and 1907 as part of a psychiatric complex, its large green copper dome standing proudly atop the hillside where the hospital is situated. Otto Wagner used the same kind of marble claddi..

Occupying the Palace of the Abbots of Zwettli, the Dommuseum was founded in 1933. With its extensive painting and sculpture collections, including fine Renaissance works such as Cranach the Elder's Ecce Homo (1537), it makes for a perfect end to ..

Among the various places where Mozart lived in Vienna, it was here that he spent a relatively happy period of his life. In 1786, he composed The Marriage of Figaro in this house. The opera, inspired by a play by Beaumarchais (banned at the time),..

Despite the restricted space available on the small square, Lukas von Hildebrandt created a building with an impression of grandeur, Peterskirche or the Church of St Peter (1702-1733). The sumptuous interior decoration , one of the finest in the c..

More of a precinct than a street, Graben is one of the busiest pedestrian thoroughfares in Vienna, lined with shops selling articles made in Vienna and cafés and restaurants whose terraces extend across the street echoing to the music and song of s..

The winding Lovely Lantern Street gets its name from the wrought iron lantern on the façade of the house at no 6. At no 5, you can visit the Heiligenkreuzerhof . If marriage tempts you in this charming Baroque chapel, don't hesitate, it's the upma..

The Museum of Clocks and Watches traces aesthetic and technological advances from the 15C to the present day over three floors. The rich collection takes in every imaginable type of clock and watch, including water clocks and automata. Friar David a ..

Directly inspired by the Gesù in Rome, the Jesuit church was built from 1614 to 1655 in the early Baroque style. Its sumptuous decor reflects the power of the Jesuits in the 17C who played a part in eliminating all Protestant influence from Austria..

The Jewish Museum is housed in the Baroque style Eskeles Palace. It has an impressive holographic display, documentation and religious objects commemorating Vienna's Jewish community, which made a brilliant contribution to the city's history and in..

The winter palace of the prince who defeated the Turks several times between 1697 and 1716 today houses the Finance Ministry. The cramped “sky doorway” slightly mars the overall perspective of the palace’s long façade… but this should not dissuade vi..

Although Maria am Gestade , Our Lady of the Waterside (or of the Steps as it is commonly called) was built in the middle of the 12C, its high, narrow flamboyant façade and fine, openwork steeple are in Gothic style, dating from the late Middle Age..

It is easy to imagine the outcry caused by the eclectic style of the Looshaus , built in 1911 opposite the Hofburg. The clean lines of its functional modern architecture were particularly offensive to Emperor Franz-Josef who insisted on keeping the ..

This well-proportioned square, with an equestrian statue of Josef II in the centre, is one of the finest in Vienna. It resembles a Main Courtyard and is framed on 3 sides by several wings of the Hofburg whose façades were harmonised by Pacassi in t..

Founded in the 18C by Emperor Karl VI at the height of the Baroque period, the National Library contains several million works. Its gem is the Prunksaal stateroom, a splendid homage to the knowledge contained within the 200 000 ancient books lining..