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12 Revolutionary Buildings in Vienna, Must Visit!

Vienna has served as the capital of both the Holy Roman Empire and the Austria-Hungarian Empire

Vienna has served as the capital of both the Holy Roman Empire and the Austria-Hungarian Empire

Vienna has served as the capital of both the Holy Roman Empire and the Austria-Hungarian Empire. Soldiers captured it from several nations following World War II. History runs through its streets, as demonstrated by these 12 structures, but so makes a revolution. Each of these structures engages in its sort of defiance. Earlier versions of these descriptions initially appeared in Mark Irving’s 1001 Buildings You Must See Before You Die (2016).

The names of the authors are in parenthesis. This church, also known as the Karlskirche, is located in an open area originally beyond the city walls and is one of Vienna’s monuments. It was erected to fulfill a pledge made by Emperor Charles VI in 1713 in gratitude of St. Charles Borromeo’s intercession in rescuing the city from disease. The contract was given to Johann Bernard Fischer von Erlach, a favorite of the Habsburg court in Vienna, and was finished by his son Joseph.

The church, which was completed in 1725, features a magnificent, symmetrical front designed unusually broad to fulfill its scenic function as seen from the Hofburg, the Royal Palace. The main entrance is in a scholarly Corinthian order, with freestanding columns that are more Neoclassical in style than the remainder of the building’s Baroque features.

There remain open buildings at each end of the facade, evoking the end of Bernini’s colonnade in front of St. Peter’s Basilica. Two freestanding columns, modeled after Trajan’s column in Rome, bear bas-relief tales of Charles Borromeo’s life, based on rehabilitation of the Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem. Karl Gustav Heraeus created a complicated iconography for the entire church. The church’s main oval body supports a towering dome, pointing toward the high altar with its long axis.

The Burgtheater, also known as the Imperial Court Theater, is one of the gigantic structures that define the Viennese Imperial architecture. Its creators, Karl von Hasenauer and Gottfried Semper, were responsible for several landmark buildings built during the Austro-Hungarian empire’s brief reign, including the Kunsthistorisches Museum (Museum of Art History) the Naturhistorisches Museum (Natural History Museum), both of which exhibit a robust Baroque influence. The Baroque style, typified by curves, sculptures, and ornate columns, flourished in the 17th and 18th centuries.

This article is curated by Prittle Prattle News.

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