The Ringstrasse
To see and be seen along the elegant boulevard
The Ringstrasse
To see and be seen along the elegant boulevard
Highlights
- Political monuments: Rathaus (city hall), Parliament, Hofburg
- Temples to the Muses: Burgtheater, Imperial museums, Opera
- Places of leisure: Parks and Cafés
„It is My Will that the expansion of the inner city of Vienna … The regulation and embellishment of My Residenz-and ReichsCapital, is also taken into account in a former manner and that consideration should also be given to the regulation and embellishment of My Residenz-and Reichs-Capital. „
– So Emperor Franz Joseph I ordered in 1857.
The city walls were demolished and a boulevard with impressive public buildings, parks and representative palaces was built. How was this largest construction site of the monarchy financed and organized? Were there only winners or losers thanks to the construction boom of the Gründerzeit? Which architects and artists competed with each other for an assignment? Why was the emperor called „Sehadler“?
We’ll find answers to these and other questions as we stroll along the Ringstraße.
Townhall and Volksgarten
Vienna State Opera
Burgtheater and Volksgarten
Vienna State Opera
Burgtheater and Volksgarten
Meeting point: 1010 Vienna, in front of the Liebenberg Monument, University Ring/Mölker Bastei 8
End: 1010 Vienna, Schwarzenbergplatz
About 2 hours
Up to 20 people
Tour starts at 220,- Euro.
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Meeting point
