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78  VIENNA AREA B Y AREA

Street-by-Street: Around the Town Hall

The most prestigious buildings in Vienna were erected
in the second half of the 19th century, in Ringstrasse, at The Town Hall
the command of Emperor Franz Joseph I. These include forecourt turns
Neues Rathaus (the new town hall, seat of the town into a vast Christmas
administration), the immense Parlament (the seat of market in December, L I E b I G G A S S E
selling gifts and
Austria’s Upper and Lower Houses), the magnificent Christmas decorations.
buildings of the University, and the Burgtheater.
The square in front of the town hall, with its adjacent
park, is Vienna’s largest open-air arena, serving as a E
stage for theatre and concert performances, and in S S
the summer for vast film screenings. R A
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1 . Neues Rathaus R A f E
This Neo-Gothic T R
building, modelled S S O
on Brussels’ town A U N D
hall, is the seat of the H b E
Vienna City and A T E
Provincial Assembly. R

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town hall, serves E A T S
as a concert venue S S R
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2 . Parlament –
The main decorative feature inside the Neo-Classical D R
parliament building is the stylized Austrian eagle.
For hotels and restaurants in this area see p293 and pp312–13
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