Content Creation & Fine Art Photography
Content Creation & Fine Art Photography
There’s an oft-told story that places Count Berchtold, foreign minister of the Austro-Hungarian Empire during the early 20th century, and Victor Adler, leader of the Social Democratic Workers’ Party, in a heated discussion.* War was thundering on the horizon, and Adler was arguing that it might lead to a Russian
Saint Leopold III (a.k.a. Leopold the Good) is the patron saint of Austria and Vienna. Leopold had a yen for founding monasteries and a love of promoting cities, including Vienna and Krems. You’ll find his exposed skull, capped with an archducal crown, in Klosterneuburg Abbey. Leopold III died on November
“The aim of psychoanalysis is to relieve people of their neurotic unhappiness so that they can be normally unhappy.” Sigmund Freud. The father of psychoanalysis lived for 47 years at Berggasse 19, in the thick of the Inner City. Admirers of his work still ply their trade in Vienna.
Plague was devastating in cities with crowded conditions and poor sanitation. In A.D. 1679, the Great Plague of Vienna wiped out approximately 76,000 people. Some victims were thrown in the ditch that ran through the Graben. Others were carted to huge pits outside the city to await burning. These pits
Continue readingPestsäule (Plague Column) & Graben, Vienna, Austria
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
230,000 ceramic tiles are needed to mosaic the roof of the Stephansdom. Like the roof of the Matthias Church in Budapest, the colorful shingles are a late addition – they were placed on the roof in A.D. 1950 when the city was repairing significant World War Two damage. If you
The west side of Stephansdom is flanked by two 65-meter towers. These sturdy pillars were built with the rubble of Roman ruins, which is why they are called Heidentürme (“Heathen Towers”).
Just like the Staatsoper, many people threw back their heads and howled when the Haas Haus was finished in A.D. 1990. Designed by Hans Hollein, the building seems to be everything Vienna is not. There is glass, there is concrete, there are – gasp! – square windows. But Hollein had an
