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Vienna, Austria 2017 Part V
Still in Vienna and walked a couple of parks/gardens and then took a “Fiaker” ride around the old historic city.
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“Fiaker”, Petersplats, Vienna, Austria
A fiacre is a form of hackney coach, a horse-drawn four-wheeled carriage for hire. In Vienna such cabs are called Fiaker. (not us)
Fürstentum Liechtenstein Botschaft, Löwelstraße 8, Vienna
Wüstenrot House, Kohlmarkt, Vienna
View down Kohlmarkt to The Hofburg, Michaelerkuppel, Vienna
Storefront, Graben, Vienna
St Michael Gate, The Hofburg, Michaelerkuppel, Vienna
Statue, Kaiser Franz I, Löwelstraße, The Hofburg, Vienna
Franz Joseph Karl from the House of Habsburg-Lorraine was from 1792 to 1806 as Franz II the last emperor of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. In 1804 he founded the empire of Austria, which he reigned as Francis I until his death.
Water Hydrant, Löwelstraße, The Hofburg, Vienna
Statue, Swiss Gate, In der Burg, The Hofburg, Vienna
The Swiss Gate, The Hofburg, Michaelerkuppel, Vienna
The Hofburg, Vienna
The Hofburg is the official residence and workplace of the President of Austria and was formerly the principal imperial palace of the Habsburg dynasty. Located in the center of Vienna, it was built in the 13th century.
Müllverbrennungsanlage Spittelau (Waste Incineration Plant), Spittelauer Lände, Vienna
(Taken from a tram)
Citroen 2CV, Klosterneuburger Straße, Brigittenau, Vienna
Chevrolet Utility, Alserbachstraße, Vienna
Not the sort of vehicle I expected to see in this historic city!
Schubertbrunnen (Schubert Fountain), Alserbachstraße, Josefstadt, Vienna c.1928
Entry Gate, Liechtenstein Garden Palace, Fürstengasse, Vienna
Lichtenstein Park, Gardens and Palaces, Fürstengasse, Vienna
The Liechtenstein Palace is now a private art museum in Vienna, Austria. It contains much of the art collection of its owners, the Princely Family of Liechtenstein, rulers of the principality of Liechtenstein. It includes important European works of art, forming one of the world’s leading private art collections.
Bank Austria Building, Julius Tandler Platz, Vienna
Colourful Building, Lampigasse 19, Leopoldstadt, Vienna
“Big Brother”, Lampigasse, Vienna
Park Railing, Augarten, Lampigasse, Vienna
Tree-Lined Avenues, Augarten, Leopoldstadt, Vienna
Monument, Augarten, Leopoldstadt, Vienna
Flakturm VII G-Tower (Anti-Aircraft Tower), Augarten, Leopoldstadt, Vienna
Flakturm VII L-Tower (Anti-Aircraft Tower), Augarten, Leopoldstadt, Vienna
Flak towers (German: Flaktürme) were large, above-ground, anti-aircraft gun blockhouse towers constructed by Nazi Germany. There were 8 flak tower complexes in the cities of Berlin (3), Hamburg (2), and Vienna (3) from 1940 onwards. Other cities that used flak towers included Stuttgart and Frankfurt. Smaller single-purpose flak towers were built at key outlying German strongpoints, such as at Angers in France, Helgoland in Germany. The towers were operated by the Luftwaffe to defend against Allied strategic air raids against these cities during World War II. They also served as air-raid shelters for tens of thousands of local civilians.
Vienna, Austria 2017 Part IV
Gartenpalais Liechtenstein (Garden Palace), Fürstengasse, Vienna, Austria
The City Palace of the Princely family of Liechtenstein is the first major example of High Baroque architecture in Vienna and holds insights into artistocratic life. The Lichtenstenstein Garden Palace is home to an art collection once owned by Prince von und zu Liechtenstein. Known as The Princely Collections, they contain masterpieces from the early Renaissance to the Biedermeier era, including highlights from Peter Paul Rubens, Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Anthony van Dyck, Lucas Cranach the Elder, Frans Hals and Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino. The collections also include unique and precious holdings of prints and engravings, Italian bronzes of the 16th and 17th century, pietra dura objects, furniture,porcelain, tapestries, ivories and arms that once graced the castles and palaces owned by the family.
Flakturm VII G-Tower (Anti-Aircraft Tower), Augarten, Leopoldstadt, Vienna
Flak towers (German: Flaktürme) were large, above-ground, anti-aircraft gun blockhouse towers constructed by Nazi Germany. There were 8 flak tower complexes in the cities of Berlin (3), Hamburg (2), and Vienna (3) from 1940 onwards. Other cities that used flak towers included Stuttgart and Frankfurt. Smaller single-purpose flak towers were built at key outlying German strongpoints, such as at Angers in France, Helgoland in Germany. The towers were operated by the Luftwaffe to defend against Allied strategic air raids against these cities during World War II. They also served as air-raid shelters for tens of thousands of local civilians.
Café Restaurant Augarten Wall, Obere Augartenstraße, Leopoldstadt, Vienna
Entry Gate, Augarten, Obere Augartenstraße, Leopoldstadt, Vienna
Wine Barrel, Café Restaurant Augarten, Obere Augartenstraße, Vienna
Das Porzellanmuseum Augarten, Obere Augartenstraße, Vienna
Old Building, Augarten, Obere Augartenstraße, Vienna
Entry Gate, Augarten, Obere Augartenstraße, Leopoldstadt, Vienna
Tech Gate, Donau-City-Straße, Vienna
Andromeda Tower, Donau-City-Straße, Vienna
Saturn Tower, Leonard Bernstein Straße, Dabube City, Vienna
Commercial Building, Bruno Kreisky Platz, Vienna
“Große Skulptur” (Fritz Wotruba, 1965), Bruno Kreisky Platz, Vienna
Donauturm Aussichtsturm (Danube Obersavtion Tower), Mispelweg, Vienna
The Donauturm (English: Danube Tower) is a tower in Vienna, the tallest structure in Austria at 252 metres (827 ft), and is the 59th tallest tower in the world. Opening in April 1964, the tower is located near the north bank of the Danube River in the district of Donaustadt. Travel to the top and there is a revolving restaurant.
Views from Donauturm Revolving Restaurant, Donauturm Aussichtsturm (Danube Obersavtion Tower), Mispelweg, Vienna
Memorial to Salvador Allende, Donaupark, Vienna
Salvador Guillermo Allende Gossens 26 June 1908 – 11 September 1973) was a Chilean physician and politician, known as the first Marxist to become president of a Latin American country through open elections.
Allende’s involvement in Chilean political life spanned a period of nearly forty years. As a member of the Socialist Party, he was a senator, deputy and cabinet minister. He unsuccessfully ran for the presidency in the 1952, 1958, and 1964 elections. In 1970, he won the presidency in a close three-way race. He was elected in a run-off by Congress as no candidate had gained a majority.
Miniature Railway Track, Donaupark, Vienna
“Golf Kills”, Papstwiese Donau Park, Donauturmstraße, Vienna
Stone Sculpture, Donaupark, Vienna
View to Millenium Tower from Danube Park, Handelskai, Vienna
Business District, Austria Centre, Bruno Kreisky Platz, Vienna
Graffitied Lamp, Platz der Vereinten Nationen, Vienna
Mondial Apartments, Alserbachstraße, Josefstadt, Vienna
Our accommodation for Vienna stay.
Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy Part IV
It’s been a while since the last post so here’s the continuation of Bologna.
Rooftop View from the Dining Room of Hotel San Donato, Via Zamboni, Bologna
Basilica di San Petronio, Piazza Maggiore, Bologna
Construction began in 1390 and its main facade has remained unfinished since. The building was transferred from the city to the diocese in 1929; the basilica was finally consecrated in 1954.
Alfresco Area, L’Asporto, Via Guglielmo Oberdan, Bologna
Doorway, 2 Via San Nicolò, Bologna
Doorway, 15 Via Altabella, Bologna
Fontana del Nettuno (Fountain of Neptune), Piazza Pettuno, Bologna
The construction of the fountain was commissioned by the Cardinal Legate Charles Borromeo, to symbolize the fortunate recent election of Borromeo’s uncle as Pope Pius IV. To clear space for the fountain, an entire edifice had to be demolished.
The design and assembly of the fountain was completed by the Palermitan architect Tommaso Laureti in 1563. The fountain was completed in 1565. The over-life-size bronze figure of the god Neptune was completed and fixed in place around 1566.
Palazzo del Podestà, Piazza Maggiore, Bologna
Portico, Via Zamboni, Bologna
Reminders of the Past, Arcidiocese di Bologna, Via Altabella, Bologna
Torre Prendiparte (also called Torre Coronata), Piazzetta Prendiparte, Via Sant’Alò, Bologna
This tower built in the 12th century and standing 61 metres tall, today has a slight incline to the north. The tower was part of the so-called triad of medieval skyscrapers together with those of the Galluzzi and the Azzoguidi . It was sold for the first time in 1293 for 500 lire.
Stone Carving, Via Rizzolo, Bologna
Pope Gregory XIII, Palazzo d’Accursio, Piazza Maggiore, Bologna
The current building is the result of the fusion of three palaces, with the oldest dating to the 12th century: the casa-torre (house-tower), well visible as it is the part of the building with the clock tower. Originally, this was the house of the jurist Accursio (hence the name given to the building, which is also known as Palazzo Comunale), an eminent professor of law at the Studium, the University of Bologna.
Accursio sold the palace to the city in 1287, and, in the 13th century, the building became known as Palazzo delle Biade because it was used as the municipal storage of grains.
In 1336, it became the seat of the Anziani (“Elders”), the highest magistrates of the city (Comune). Thirty years later, the papal legate – the representative of the pope in town – gave the building its fortified look, with walls, merlons and towers (perhaps because papal power had always been seen with suspicion by the Bolognesi).
In 1425, the building was further expanded to house the apartments of the Papal Legate.
L’Amor Patrio e il Valore Militare, Palazzo d’Accursio, Piazza Maggiore, Bologna
These bronze statues by Giuseppe Romagnoli “L’Amor Patrio e il Valore Militare” were returned to the facade of Palazzo d’Accursio after 75 years together with the plaque dedicated to King Umberto I. Originally placed in 1909 at the main entrance of the Palazzo d’Accursio, was removed and partially destroyed in 1943 by order of the Italian Social Republic, with the intention of erasing any memory of the ruling house.
Le due Torri: Garisenda e degli Asinelli, Bologna
TORRE DEGLI ASINELLI
The Tower was built between 1109 and 1119 by the family bearing the same name and was handed over to the Municipality as early as the following century. 498 internal steps lead to the top at a height of 97.02 metres.
TORRE GARISENDA
Torre Garisenda, built at the same time, is different due to its shorter height of 47 metres. It is known for its steep overhang due to a subsidence of the land and the foundations, so much so that Dante featured it in Canto XXXI of the Inferno. It was lowered for fear of it collapsing during the 14th century.
Via Zamboni, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Torre degli Azzoguidi (also called Torre Altabella) , Via Altabella, Bologna
Built in the 12th century the tower is one of twenty “noble towers” that still exist in Bologna. It stands at 61 metres tall and is the second tallest in Bologna.
Vicolo Tubertini (Alley), Via Guglielmo Oberdan, Bologna
Gateway, L’Antico Ghetto Ebraico (Old Jewish Ghetto), Via Guglielmo Oberdan, Bologna
Gateway, Piazzetta Prendiparte, Bologna
Galleria Giovanni Acquademi, Via Rizzoli, Bologna
Doorway, Studio Notarile Demaio, Via Albiroli, 1, Bologna
Entrance, Torre degli Azzoguidi (also called Torre Altabella) , Via Altabella, Bologna
Entrance, Torre Guidozagni, Via Albiroli, Bologna
The Towers of Bologna – the story
Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy Part I
We hired a car from Florence for a drive to Bologna and what a trip. Magnificent.
Italian Countryside Panorama, Tuscany, Italy
Country Villas, Via Bolognese, Querceto, Tuscany, Italy
Castello di Villanova, Via Nazionale, Barberino di Mugello, Tuscany, Italy
Rural Ruins, Via Nazionale, Cafaggiolo, Tuscany, Italy
Misty Panorama, Via Nazionale, Cafaggiolo, Tuscany, Italy
“Warning”, Via Nazionale, Cafaggiolo, Tuscany, Italy
Panoramas, Futa Pass, Via Traversa Futa, Tuscan-Emilian Apennines, Tuscany, Italy
Ristorante Passo della Futa dal 1890, Futa Pass, Via Traversa Futa, Tuscan-Emilian Apennines, Tuscany, Italy
Panorama, Via Pietramala, Pietramala, Tuscany, Italy
Waterfall, Via Idice, Monterenzio, Tuscany, Italy
Building Ruin, Via Idice, Monterenzio, Tuscany, Italy
Hotel San Donato (Palazzo Malvasia), Piazzetta Achille Ardigò, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
[Our place of residence in Bologna]
The hotel is in an old but fully renovated Italian Palazzo – Palazzo Malvasia which dates to the 13th century.
The Two Towers, Via San Vitale, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
There are two towers and are commonly referred to as “Two Towers”. They date to the 13th century and are located at the intersection of the roads that lead to the five gates of the old ring wall (mura dei torresotti). It was located at the site of the early medieval Gate to the Via Emilia, the Porta Ravennate, now remembered by the name of the adjacent Piazza di Porta Ravegnana. The taller tower is called the Asinelli while the smaller but more leaning tower is called the Garisenda.
Church & Clock Tower, Via San Vitale, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Galleria del Leone, Piazza della Mercanzia, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Palazzo della Mercanzia, Piazza della Mercanzia, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Ferro da Facciata, Via Castiglione, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
A ferro (plural ferri) or ferro da facciata is an item of functional wrought-iron work on the façade of an Italian building. Ferri are a common feature of Medieval and Renaissance architecture in Lazio, Tuscany and Umbria. They are of three main types: ferri da cavallo have a ring for tethering horses, and are set at about 1.5 metres from the ground; holders for standards and torches are placed higher on the façade and on the corners of the building; arpioni have a cup-shaped hook or hooks to support cloth for shade or to be dried, and are set near balconies.
In Florence, ferri da cavallo and arpioni were often made to resemble the head of a lion, the symbolic marzocco of the Republic of Florence. Later, cats, dragons, horses and fantastic animals were also represented.
[See a collection of the wonderful features here]
Iron Bracket, Via Castiglione, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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Stairway Passage, Palazzo Pepoli Vecchio, Via Castiglione, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Vintage Street Lamp, Piazza del Francia, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
[See this place on Google Street View]
Stone Carved, Piazza del Francia, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Via de Pepoli, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Doors, Windows, Gates of Florence Part V
The final contribution of the doors of Florence.
Italy 2019 Florence Part V
“Watching”, Piazza di Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Basilica di Santa Maria Novella, Piazza di Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Palazzo Ottaviani, Piazza degli Ottaviani, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Ponte alla Carraia, Arno River, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
The first mention of the bridge (then built in wood) dates from 1218. Destroyed by a flood in 1274, it was soon reconstructed, but fell down again in 1304 under the weight of a crowd who had met to watch a spectacle. It was the first bridge in the city rebuilt after the 1333 flood, perhaps under design of Giotto. Again damaged in 1557, it was remade by will of Grand Duke Cosimo I de’ Medici, who assigned the project to Bartolomeo Ammannati.
Enlarged during the 19th century, the bridge was blown up by the retreating German Army during World War II (1944). The current structure is a design by Ettore Fagiuoli, completed in 1948.
Wikipedia:
Chiesa di San Frediano in Cestello, Via di Cestello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
River Arno Eastwards from Ponte Alla Carriai, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Ponte Santa Trinita & Ponte Vecchio, River Arno, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Street Lamp, Lungarno Guicciardini, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Coat of Arms, Lungarno Guicciardini, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Ponte Santa Trinita, River Arno, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
The Ponte Santa Trìnita is the oldest elliptic arch bridge in the world, characterised by three flattened ellipses.
The bridge was constructed by the Florentine architect Bartolomeo Ammannati from 1567 to 1569. Its site, downstream of the Ponte Vecchio, is a major link in the medieval street plan of Florence, which has been bridged at this site since the 13th century. The wooden bridge of 1252 was swept away in a flood seven years later and was rebuilt in stone; this structure was in turn destroyed by a flood in 1333. The bridge of five arches constructed by Taddeo Gaddi was also destroyed in the flood of 1557, which occasioned Ammannati’s replacement. Four ornamental statues of the Seasons were added to the bridge in 1608, as part of the wedding celebrations of Cosimo II de’ Medici with Maria Magdalena of Austria
Street Shrine, Corner Borgo San Jacopo, Via del Presto di San Martino & Via Santo Spirito, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Fontana dello Sprone, Cnr Via Dello Sprone & Borgo San Jacopo, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Flower Pot, Borgo San Jacopo, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Torre dei Belfredelli, Borgo San Jacopo, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Costa Del Pozzo, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Piazza Di Santa Maria Soprarno, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Costa dei Magnoli, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
San Giovanni Battista (John the Baptist), Via de’ Bardi, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
SAN GIOVANNI BATTISTA
OPERA DI GIULIANO VANGI
donata alla cittá dall’ente
cassa di risparmio di firenze
1796-1996
Small Access Door, Cantina Capponi, Via de’ Bardi, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Memorial to St Francis of Assisi, Via de’ Bardi, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Qui Giunse Nel 1211 Per La Prima Volta a Firenze San Francesco d’Assisi
Here, in 1211, San Francesco d’Assisi arrived in Florence for the first time
Church of San Niccolò Sopr’Arno, Via di San Niccolò, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Porta San Miniato, Via San Miniato, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Cappella Pazzi, Largo Piero Bargellini, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Bell Tower, San Niccolò Oltrarno, Via San Niccolò, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Street Lamp, Via dei Bastioni, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Porta San Niccolò, Piazza Giuseppe Poggi, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
14th Century City Gate
Piazza Giuseppe Poggi, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Rampe dei Poggi, Viale Giuseppe Poggi, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Street Lamp, Viale Giuseppe Poggi, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Pathway to Giardino delle Rose, Oltrarno, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Stele “Sole per Galileo Galilei”, Piazza Poggi, Lungarno Serristori, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Gate in the Riverbank, River Arno, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Weir, River Arno, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Weir & Spillway, River Arno, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Riverside to Ponte alle Grazie, Lungarno della Zecca Vecchia, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Street Lamp, Via del Ronco, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Riverside Steps, Ponte San Niccolò, River Arno, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Torre della Zecca Vecchia, Piazza Piave, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze, Piazza dei Cavalleggeri, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
National Library of Florence
Monument to Dante Alighieri. Piazza di Santa Croce, Largo Piero Bargellini, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Dante Alighieri, probably baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri and often referred to simply as Dante, was an Italian poet.
Basilica di Santa Croce a Firenze, Piazza di Santa Croce, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Piazza Santa Croce Fountain, Piazza Santa Croce, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Via delle Burella, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Palazzo del Bargello Doorway, Via della Vigna Vecchia, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
The Bargello, also known as the Palazzo del Bargello, Museo Nazionale del Bargello, or Palazzo del Popolo, is a former barracks and prison, now an art museum.
Street Signs, Florence, Via del Proconsolo, Piazza di San Firenze, Tuscany, Italy
“Ero Nudo E Mi Avete Vestito”, Sculpture, Palazzo del Bargello, Via del Proconsolo, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
“I was naked and you clothed me”
Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore, Piazza del Duomo, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
4659 Via de’ Cerretani, Florence, Tuscany, Italy