Content Creation & Fine Art Photography
Content Creation & Fine Art Photography
Accompanied by Minerva, Mars – the Roman God of War – protects the Landeszeughaus. Granted, he looks more like Porthos from the 3 Musketeers than a martial deity, but that’s not entirely his fault. He was created by the Baroque sculptor, Giovanni Mamolo.
Minerva (Greek = Athena) is the goddess of war, wisdom, arts, trade, and strategy. You’ll spot her near Mars, on the outside of the Landeszeughaus.
The Landeszeughaus is a 10-year-old boy’s version of the rapture. As the world’s largest historic armory, it contains 32,000 exhibits on 4 packed floors. Anyone who has seen the Substitutiary Locomotion Battle in Bedknobs and Broomsticks will have some idea of its scope. Along with pikes, swords, and gruesome weapons of
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A short tally of the Styrian Armory holdings: 3,300 armors & helmets 7,800+ small arms (including muskets & pistols) 5,400 staff weapons 2,400 swords, sabres & similar Originally, the armory had 92 cannon. As Napoleon stormed across Europe, heavy guns were sent to Yugoslavia for safe-keeping. Unfortunately, these were later
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This majestic charger comes to you courtesy of Konrad Seusenhofer, master armorer to the stars. Once the property of Georg von Stubenberg-Wurmberg, it is one of only 7 complete horse armors in the world. In the early 16th century, Seusenhofer had the good fortune to work for a famous patron
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