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Theophil Hansen’s Grave
Danish architect Theophil VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Hansen made Vienna his
home and designed the Practical Information
city’s Parliament building. Simmeringer Hauptstrasse 234.
He died in 1891. Tel 534 69-28405.Open Nov–Feb:
8am–5pm daily; Mar & Oct:
7am–6pm daily; Apr–Sep:
7am–7pm daily (until 8pm Thu
May–Aug).∑ friedhoefewien.at
Transport
< Zentralfriedhof. v 6, 71.

The Arcades
Some spectacular monuments can
be seen carved in the semi-circular
arcades facing the main entrance,
including this memorial (1848)
to the miner August Zang.
It shows the entrance
to a mine.

. Graves of the Musicians
The musicians buried here
include Johann Strauss the Russian Orthodox Chapel
Elder and the Younger (shown This small chapel, built in
left), Brahms, Beethoven and traditional Russian Orthodox
Schubert. There is also a style in 1894, is used by Vienna’s
monument to Mozart. Russian community.

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