Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #7 in Vienna, Austria

The Alte Schieberkammer is a historic building and event centre located at Meiselstraße 20 in Vienna's 15th district. It was built between 1870 and 1873 as part of the Schmelz water reservoir of the First Vienna High Spring Water Pipeline on a hill opposite Schönbrunn Palace and served to accommodate blocking devices (gate valves) and pipes needed for the operation of the water tank. In 1995, the Schieberkammer was converted into an event centre in the course of the redevelopment of this area by the City of Vienna in cooperation with Wiener Städtische Versicherung, which built apartments and a shopping centre here.

Wikipedia: Alte Schieberkammer (DE)

The Rudolfsheim parish church is a Roman Catholic parish church and is located in the 15th district of Vienna Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus on Kardinal-Rauscher-Platz. It is dedicated to the name of Mary, the Queen of Martyrs. The Rudolfsheim parish church has been the parish church of the parish of Hildegard Burjan since 2017.

Wikipedia: Rudolfsheimer Pfarrkirche (DE)

The Christ the King Church, also known as the Seipel-Dollfuß Memorial Church, is a Roman Catholic church in the 15th district of Vienna. From 1935 to 2016, it served as the parish church of the parish of Neufünfhaus and was called the "Neufünfhausen Parish and Memorial Church of Christ the King" during this time. On 1 January 2017, the parish of Neufünfhaus was merged with the parishes of Rudolfsheim and Schönbrunn-Vorpark to form the new parish of Hildegard Burjan. Since then, the Church of Christ the King has been a branch church of the parish of Hildegard Burjan.

Wikipedia: Pfarrkirche Neufünfhaus (DE)

The Märzpark is a park of around 16,000 m² in the 15th district of Vienna, Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus. It was laid out in 1925 on a plot of land in the abandoned Schmelzer cemetery.

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The Renaissance Theatre is a Viennese theatre in Neubaugasse in the 7th district and currently serves as one of the venues for the Theater der Jugend. The theatre hall, for the installation of which the brothers Eduard and Emanuel Schweinburg were probably responsible, is located in a tenement house and has 667 seats. Since it is not an independent theatre building, it is often called the Renaissance stage.

Wikipedia: Renaissancetheater (Wien) (DE), Website

The Kosmos Theater in Vienna is a production and performance venue at Siebensternplatz in Vienna's 7th district of Neubau.

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The Stiftkasernne, officially Stiftkaserne General Spannocchi, named after the officer Emil Spannocchi, also Amtsgebäude Stiftgasse General Spannocchi, in the 7th district of Vienna, Neubau, is a military building in Vienna. It is located in Stiftgasse 2 – 2a, a side street of Mariahilfer Straße. On the initiative of Defence Minister Thomas Starlinger, the name was named after Emil Spannocchi on 27 January 2020.

Wikipedia: Stiftskaserne (DE)

The Architekturzentrum Wien is a museum in Vienna, in the Museumsquartier. It is conceived as a centre for exhibitions, events and research into architecture and related topics, particularly the architecture and urban design of the 20th and 21st centuries. It is the national architecture museum of Austria.

Wikipedia: Architekturzentrum Wien (EN), Website

Schmerlingplatz is located in Vienna's 1st district, the Innere Stadt. It was named in 1893 after the politician Anton von Schmerling.

Wikipedia: Schmerlingplatz (DE)

The Rathausplatz is a square in Vienna, Austria. The Rathausplatz is in the Innere Stadt, near the new Rathaus, after which it is named. Because of its size, its design and the architecture of the surrounding buildings it is one of the most important squares in central Vienna.

Wikipedia: Rathausplatz, Vienna (EN)

The Grillparzer Monument stands in Vienna's Volksgarten and is a larger-than-life seated figure of Franz Grillparzer by the sculptor Carl Kundmann (1838–1919) made of Lasa marble. It is a listed building (list entry).

Wikipedia: Grillparzerdenkmal (Wien) (DE)

The Memorial for the Victims of Nazi Military Justice is located at the Ballhausplatz in the centre of Vienna, opposite the President's office and the Austrian Chancellory. The monument was created by German conceptual artist Olaf Nicolai. The inscription atop the three-step sculpture features the poem by Scottish poet Ian Hamilton Finlay consisting of just two words: all alone.

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The Water Wave Life Fountain, also known as the Lapis Lazuli Lazurite Wave Water Sculpture, Lapis Lazuli Fountain, Kreisky Fountain or Blue Sign, is a fountain in Vienna's 1st district, Innere Stadt.

Wikipedia: Wasserwellen-Lebens-Brunnen (DE)

The Globe Museum is a museum in the Palais Mollard, Vienna, Austria, part of the Austrian National Library. It was opened in 1956, and is the only public museum in the world devoted to globes, being three-dimensional models of Earth or other celestial bodies, or spherical representations of the celestial sphere.

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The Kohlmarkt is one of the most famous streets in the center of Vienna. It stretches from Michaelerplatz to the Graben and is considered Vienna's luxury shopping street due to a high density of jewelers and branches of international fashion labels. Together with the Graben and the Kärntner Straße, the Kohlmarkt forms Vienna's so-called "Golden U" of inner-city shopping streets, which offer upscale stores and are pedestrian zones.

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The Tuchmacherbrunnen or Tuchlaubenbrunnen is a fountain in the 1st district of Vienna.

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The Kornhäuselturm is a building built between 1825 and 1827 according to designs by Joseph Kornhäusel in Vienna's 1st district, Innere Stadt. At the time of its construction, it was the tallest secular tower in Vienna. With a height of over 35 meters, it is the oldest high-rise in Vienna according to the current Viennese building regulations.

Wikipedia: Kornhäuselturm (DE)

St. George's Church, also known as the Greek Church of St. George, is an Orthodox church in Vienna's 1st district, Innere Stadt, on the Hafnersteig in the former "Greek Quarter".

Wikipedia: Georgskirche (Wien) (DE)

Zum gelben Adler is a former inn on the corner of Hafnersteig and Griechengasse in Vienna's Innere Stadt. The building, which is now used as a residential building, is a listed building.

Wikipedia: Zum gelben Adler (DE)

The theater franzjosefskai21 is a small stage at the eponymous Franz-Josefs-Kai 21 in Vienna's 1st district Innere Stadt.

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The Holy Trinity Column is a Baroque memorial column in Vienna, which was erected in memory of a former chapel that stood not far away. The column stands in front of the headquarters of the Vienna Emergency Service at the corner of Radetzkystraße 1 and Obere Weißgerberstraße in the Weißgerberviertel of Vienna's 3rd district, Landstraße. It is a listed building.

Wikipedia: Dreifaltigkeitssäule (Wien-Landstraße) (DE)

The MAK – Museum of Applied Arts is an arts and crafts museum located at Stubenring 5 in Vienna's 1st district Innere Stadt. Besides its traditional orientation towards arts and crafts and design, the museum especially focuses on architecture and contemporary art. The museum has been at its current location since 1871. Since 2004 the building is illuminated in the evenings by the permanent outdoor installation "MAKlite" of American artist James Turrell. In 2015 the MAK became the first museum to use bitcoin to acquire art, when it purchased the screensaver "Event listeners" of van den Dorpel. With over 300,000 objects displayed online, the MAK presents the largest online collection within the Austrian Federal Museums. The audio guide to this museum is provided as a web-based app.

Wikipedia: Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna (EN), Website

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.

Wikipedia: Dominikanerbastei (DE)

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.

Wikipedia: Dominican Church, Vienna (EN)

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.

Wikipedia: Jewish Museum Vienna (EN), Website

The Hofburg is the former principal imperial palace of the Habsburg dynasty in Austria. Located in the centre of Vienna, it was built in the 13th century and expanded several times afterwards. It also served as the imperial winter residence, as Schönbrunn Palace was the summer residence. Since 1946, it is the official residence and workplace of the president of Austria.

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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.

Wikipedia: Ephesos Museum (EN), Website

The Prince Eugene Equestrian Monument is an equestrian statue of the general of the House of Austria, known as Prince Eugene, who was unveiled in 1865. It is located on Heldenplatz in the Austrian capital Vienna.

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The Goethe Monument is a monument in honor of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in Vienna and is located on the corner of Opernring and Goethegasse in the 1st district of Innere Stadt. The monument, designed by Edmund von Hellmer, was unveiled on December 15, 1900. On the opposite side of the Ringstrasse, on Schillerplatz, is the Schiller Monument, which was erected in 1876.

Wikipedia: Goethedenkmal (Wien) (DE)

The Burggarten is a public park on Vienna's Ringstrasse.

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