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parts would suggest. Many of its VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
buildings are worth a closer
look, though. The Gothic Altes Practical Information
Rathaus (Old Town Hall) at No. 1 Road map E3.
was built around 1513, and still * 270,000. n Hauptplatz 1,
has its original octagonal tower (0732) 7070-2009.
with an astronomical clock. _ Pflasterspektakel (end Jul);
In the 17th century, the town Brucknerfest (Sep); Ars electronica
hall was given a new façade (Sep). ∑ linztourismus.at
supported by columns. Other Transport
interesting buildings are the k £ @ g
Gothic and Baroque houses,
including Feichtingerhaus, a
The Planet Fountain in the inner courtyard former mail inn (No. 21), a by the local council and all
of the Landhaus Gothic building with an early- citizens, in thanksgiving for
Baroque façade. The Plague sparing Linz and the Linzers
Baroque style in 1751–8, the Column (1723) in the centre of from three deadly disasters: war,
church has an unusual façade the square was funded jointly fire and the Black Death plague.
with oval telescopes between the
storeys. The lovely Rococo interior
is decorated with charming
stuccowork and paintings by
Martin Johann Schmidt and
Bartolomeo Altomonte.
P Hauptplatz
The Hauptplatz, in Linz’s Old
Town, is Europe’s grandest in
scale, and one of the finest to
visit. It is 220 m (720 ft) long and
60 m (200 ft) wide, and overall
it creates a much stronger
impression than its component Hauptplatz, with its Baroque Plague Column

Linz City Centre
1 Martinskirche
2 Schloss Biologiezentrum Linz Pöstlingberg L I N KE DONAUSTRASSE
3 Landhaus 5 km (3 miles) K I R C HENGASSE
4 Hauptplatz FIEDLER STR.
5 Alter Dom Neues HAUPTSTRASSE Ars Electronica Lentos
6 Stadtpfarrkirche Rathaus Center Kunstmuseum
7 Landesgalerie OBERE DONAU STRASS E Nibelungen-
FA BR IK S T R A S S E
brücke
8 Stadtmuseum Nordico UNTERE D O NA UL Ä N D E
9 Seminarkirche Do nau ( Danu b e)
0 Mariendom ZOLLAMTST R .
q Ars Electronica Center PFARRPLATZ LED E R E R G A S S E K AISE RG
Altes Rathaus
w Lentos Kunstmuseum O B E R E D O N A U L Ä N D E HOFGASSE Stadtpfarrkirche
Schloss DOMGASSE GRABEN MUSEUMSTRASSE A SSE
Landesgalerie
TUMMEL- PLATZ KLOSTER- GRABEN POCHESTR.
Martinskirche BERG A LT S TA D T HAUPT- Alter Dom
PLATZ
SCHLOSS-
GASSE
RÖM E R STRASS E THEATER- STRASSE Stadtmuseum FADI N G ER ST R AS SE
Nordico
FLÜG E L H O F GASSE A S SE P R OME- NADE Landhaus BETHLEHEM- STRASSE
L E S S IN G STR KA Landes- LAND Seminar- HARR AC H S TR ASS E
T IEFER GRA B EN
theater
kirche
0 metres 200 KLAMMSTR SPITTELWIESE STRASS DAMETZSTRASSE
STEIN- GASSE BISCHOFSTRASSE E
0 yards 200 WALTHERSTRASSE HERRENSTR
RUDIGIERSTRASSE Hauptbahnhof
HIRSCHGASSE P UZINERST R A SSE
1.5 km (1 mile)
B AUMBAC HS T RA SS E ASSE
Mariendom
STIFTERSTRASSE
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