Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #3 in Vienna, Austria

The Papyrus Collection of the Austrian National Library, also known as the Rainer Collection and Vienna Papyrus Collection, is a papyrus collection of the Austrian National Library at Hofburg palace in Vienna. It contains around 180,000 objects overall. It is one of the most significant collections in papyrology, containing writings documenting 3 millennia of the history of Egypt from 1500 BCE–1500 CE: Ancient Egypt, Hellenistic Egypt, Roman Egypt, and Egypt during Muslim rule. It includes a specialist library of around 19,500 books and journals as well. The Austrian National Library preserves and restores the stored papyri and facilitates scholarly research and publication based on these ancient documents.

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The Maria Theresa Memorial is one of the most important monuments of the Habsburg monarchy in Vienna. It commemorates Empress Maria Theresa, who ruled the Habsburg monarchy from 1740 to 1780. The monument stands since 1888 on the Maria-Theresien-Platz between the Art History Museum, which opened in 1891, and the Natural History Museum, which opened in 1889.

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On Maria-Theresien-Platz between the Natural History Museum and the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna's 1st district, Innere Stadt, there are four Triton and Naiad fountains in addition to the central Maria Theresa Monument.

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Palais Epstein is a Ringstraßenpalais in Vienna, Austria. It was built for the industrialist and banker Gustav Ritter von Epstein. The architect was Theophil Freiherr von Hansen, who also designed the adjacent Austrian Parliament Building. Unlike traditional Baroque noble palaces in Vienna, Palais Epstein was built in the late 19th century and is therefore considered a Ringstraßenpalais. It is up to five storeys high and built in the neo-renaissance style typical of its time.

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The Monument to the Executive is a monument to the executive employees killed in the line of duty and is located next to the Outer Castle Gate in Vienna's 1st district, Innere Stadt. It was inaugurated in 2002 by Federal President Thomas Klestil.

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The Ephesos Museum in Vienna displays antiquities from the city of Ephesus, in modern-day Turkey. Begun in the late 19th century, the collection includes original works of sculpture and architecture, and belongs to the Kunsthistorisches Museum.

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The public convenience store on Graben in Vienna's 1st district of Innere Stadt is the city's first underground public utility facility and is a listed building. It is the last surviving public Art Nouveau toilet in Vienna.

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Hans Hollein was an Austrian architect and designer and key figure of postmodern architecture. Some of his most notable works are the Haas House and the Albertina extension in the inner city of Vienna.

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The Plague Column, or Trinity Column, is a Holy Trinity column located on the Graben, a street in the inner city of Vienna, Austria. Erected after the Great Plague epidemic in 1679, the Baroque memorial is one of the best known and most prominent sculptural artworks in the city. Christine M. Boeckl, author of Images of Plague and Pestilence, calls it "one of the most ambitious and innovative sculptural ensembles created anywhere in Europe in the post-Bernini era."

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The Palais Bartolotti-Partenfeld is a city-palace in central Vienna's 1st district, Inner City, on the corner of Graben and Dorotheergasse. It was originally built for the Bartolotti noble family and later bought by the Partenfeld family.

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The Jüdisches Museum Wien, trading as Jüdisches Museum der Stadt Wien GmbH or the Jewish Museum Vienna, is a museum of Jewish history, life and religion in Austria. The museum is present on two locations, in the Palais Eskeles in the Dorotheergasse and in the Judenplatz, and has distinguished itself by a very active programme of exhibitions and outreach events highlighting the past and present of Jewish culture in Austria. The current director is Barbara Staudinger and the chief curator is Astrid Peterle.

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The Capuchin Church in Vienna, Austria, is a Catholic church and monastery run by the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. Located on the Neuer Markt square in the Innere Stadt near the Hofburg Palace, the Capuchin Church is most famous for containing the Imperial Crypt, the final resting place for members of the House of Habsburg. The official name is the Church of Saint Mary of the Angels.

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The memorial against war and fascism is a work by the Austrian sculptor Alfred Hrdlicka. It has been standing since 1988 on the Albertinaplatz in Vienna – named after Helmut Zilk in 2009 – opposite the Palais Archduke Albrecht and the back of the Vienna State Opera. As a walk-in monument, it is intended to serve as a reminder of the darkest epoch in Austrian history. It is dedicated to all victims of war and fascism.

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The Maltese Church is a Roman Catholic Gothic church of the Knights Hospitaller in Vienna, on Kärntner Straße in the 1. Wiener Gemeindebezirk Innere Stadt.

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The Palais Erzherzog Carl is located in the 1st district of Vienna, Innere Stadt, Seilerstätte 30.

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The Widow of Sarepta Fountain is a fountain in Vienna's 1st district, Innere Stadt.

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The Ronacher theater, originally Etablissement Ronacher, is a theater in the Innere Stadt district of Vienna, Austria.

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The Moses Fountain is a classicist fountain on Franziskanerplatz in Vienna's 1st district, Innere Stadt.

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The Neupauer-Breuner Palace, known in German as Palais Neupauer-Breuner and sometimes referred to only as Palais Breuner by locals, is a Baroque building situated at Singerstrasse 16 in the first district of Vienna in Austria.

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The Mozarthaus Vienna was Mozart's residence from 1784 to 1787. The building is located in Vienna's Old Town, not far from St. Stephen's Cathedral, and is his only surviving Viennese residence. It is now a museum.

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Palais Coburg, also known as Palais Saxe-Coburg, is a palace in Vienna, Austria. It was owned by the Kohary branch of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

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The Simpl is a cabaret in Vienna-Innere Stadt, which opened in 1912 as the beer cabaret Simplicissimus. In the 1920s and 30s, he produced cabaret greats such as Fritz Grünbaum and Karl Farkas. The name, lettering and the red bulldog refer to the Munich satirical magazine Simplicissimus, founded in 1896.

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The Dominican Church, also known as the Church of St. Maria Rotunda, is an early Baroque parish church and minor basilica in the historic center of Vienna, Austria. It is the third church built on the same site in the course of time.

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The Dominican Bastion was part of the Vienna city wall as a fortification. Today, a street created in its place in Vienna's 1st district, Innere Stadt, bears this name.

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The Bruckner Monument in Vienna's Stadtpark is a bronze bust depicting the Austrian composer Anton Bruckner (1824–1896).

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The Minerva Fountain is a wall fountain located on the Stubenring in the inner city of Vienna.

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The Zollamtssteg – a bridge for pedestrians and cyclists – crosses the Vienna River in Vienna just before it flows into the Danube Canal and connects the districts of Landstraße and Innere Stadt.

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The Hundertwasserhaus is an apartment house in Vienna, Austria, completed in 1985, after the idea and concept of Austrian artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser.

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The Wurstelprater is an amusement park and section of the Wiener Prater in Leopoldstadt, Vienna, Austria.

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