Freelance Copywriting & Original Photography
Freelance Copywriting & Original Photography
The Stephansdom (“St. Stephen’s Cathedral”) is Vienna’s beating heart. Built on the site of a Roman cemetery, this Gothic & Romanesque behemoth has lived through two major fires, a Turkish invasion, and endless expansions. First consecrated in A.D. 1147, it is the oldest church in Vienna, and a treasure trove
Prince Eugene of Savoy, the grand military maestro of 18th century Austria, was born in Paris. A short and sickly boy from the cadet branch of the house of Savoy, Eugene was supposed to end up where all sickly aristocrats go – the Catholic Church. But the boy known for
Continue readingPrince Eugene Statue, Hofburg, Vienna, Austria 1
Ironically, this tribute to the great liberator was inaugurated in A.D. 1865, a year before the Austrians got their clocks cleaned by the Prussians in the Battle of Königgrätz.