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0 Österreichisches building with a distinctive dome
Museum für that is visible from afar. Urania,
Ange wandte Kunst named after the Greek muse,
was built in 1910 to designs by
Stubenring 5. Map 3 D4. Tel 712 80 Max Fabian. It is home to Vienna’s
00. % Stubentor, Landstrasse v 2. oldest educational establishment
@ 1A, 74A.. < Landstrasse. that is not a school. Inside the
Open 10am–10pm Tue, 10am–6pm building are lecture halls and a
Wed–Sun. & Admission free Tue. 7 theatre for visiting theatre
∑ mak.at performances, as well as a
resident puppet theatre; it is
The Austrian Museum of Applied also home to a cinema and a
Arts (MAK), founded in 1864 and planetarium. Every year, Urania
the first of its kind in Europe, holds a symposium devoted
exercised a strong influence on to the outstanding Austrian
the development of the applied writer and Nobel prize winner
arts for some time. It houses the Elias Canetti. Striking ivy-clad façade of Ruprechtskirche,
archives and collections of the Vienna’s oldest church
Wiener Werkstätte – workshops
famous for their promotion of w Schwedenplatz e Ruprechtskirche
good design. Map 3 D3. % Schwedenplatz. Ruprechtsplatz. Map 2 C3. Tel 53 56
The building was designed by 003. % Schwedenplatz. v 1, 2, N.
one of the Ring architects, Schwedenplatz, the Swedish @ 1A, 2A, 3A. Mass: 9pm–midnight
Heinrich von Ferstel, in Florentine Square, is one of Vienna’s busiest Fri (German), 5pm Sat (German).
Renaissance style. A new wing spots. Here, on the banks of the ∑ ruprechtskirche.at
was added in 1909, and in 1994 Danube Canal, under Schweden-
the flak tower in Arenbergpark brücke, is a landing stage with The church of St Ruprecht,
became an annexe of the riverboats inviting visitors on to rising on an escarpment
museum. Each room is unique, a variety of pleasure cruises. It is overlooking Ruprechtsplatz,
designed by a different artist, a lively area, with several snack is Vienna’s oldest church. At
thus creating a fine setting for and ice cream stands, and one time, an arm of the Danube
the items on display. buskers playing violins flowed nearby with a landing
The eclectic permanent providing entertainment. stage for salt transported from
collection includes glass, pottery, In Laurenzberg, on the south Salzburg. According to legend,
porcelain, jewellery, metalwork, side of Schwedenplatz, remains the church was founded in 740
furniture, textiles, Eastern of the old town wall can be seen, by disciples of the Salzburg
carpets and decorative items with a metal ring that was used bishop St Ruprecht, patron
from the Far East. Separate to tie up horses and an old sign saint of salt merchants. The
rooms are devoted to the with traffic regulations. At Romanesque nave and three
Secession period. Fleischmarkt 11, steep, narrow lower floors of the tower date
steps lead down to the wine from the 11th century. In the
bar Griechenbeisl, which choir is a 12th-century stained-
claims to be the oldest glass window, Vienna’s oldest,
restaurant in the city. depicting the Crucifixion and
Visitors are welcomed the Virgin Mary on the throne.
by a board showing the
Lieber Augustin; from the
entrance hall you can see r Jewish Quarter
down to a small, illuminated Map 2 C2, 3. % Schwedenplatz,
Biedermeier-style sofa, MAK cellar where his statue is Herrengasse. @ 1A, 2A, 3A. Jewish
on display. The story of Museum: Palais Eskeles, Dorotheergasse
Augustin, a piper, goes back to 11. Tel 535 04 31. % Stephansplatz.
q Urania the times of the Great Plague in Open 10am–6pm Sun–Fri. &
Vienna. In a drunken stupor, he Museum Judenplatz: Misrachi-Haus,
Uraniastrasse 1. Map 3 E3.
% Schwedenplatz. v 1, 2, N. slumped into the gutter. When Judenplatz 8. % Schwedenplatz,
Planetarium: Tel 89 174 150 000. undertakers mistook him for Herrengasse. Open 10am–6pm Sun–
Open Term time: 9am–8pm Mon–Fri, dead and threw him into a Thu, 10am–2pm Fri. &
2–8pm Sat, Sun; school hols: plague pit, he woke up and
9am–4pm Mon–Fri, 2–8pm Sat, Sun. terrified them by singing: A tangle of narrow streets west
∑ planetarium-wien.at O du lieber Augustin… (Oh, dear of Rotenturmstrasse makes up
Augustin). Miraculously, he the earliest Jewish quarter in
On the east side of Julius-Raab- survived, and today, tourists Vienna. Today, the Jewish
Platz, on the banks of the wishing to return to Vienna quarter is a busy area of clubs,
Danube Canal, stands a round throw a coin into the cellar. bars and kosher restaurants,
For hotels and restaurants in this area see pp292–3 and pp310–12

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