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94  VIENNA AREA B Y AREA

Street-by-Street: Around the Opera

Between two of Vienna’s key landmarks, the 3 Academy
Opera House and Karlskirche, lies an area of Fine Arts
that typifies the varied cultural vitality of the This Italianate
building is home
city as a whole. Here, you will find cultural to one of the best
monuments such as an 18th-century theatre, collections of old
a 19th-century art academy and the superb masters in Vienna.
Secession Building, mixed in with emblems
of the Viennese devotion to good living: the
Hotel Sacher and the Café Museum, both The Goethe
as popular today as ever, and the colourful Statue
Naschmarkt, Vienna’s best market for
vegetables and exotic fruits.

The Schiller O P E R N R I N G
Statue dominates
the park in front
of the Academy
of Fine Arts.

4 . Secession Building E L I S A – B E T H G A S S E
This delightful structure, built in 1898 as a showroom
for the Secession artists, houses Gustav Klimt’s
Beethoven Frieze, created for an exhibition in honour S C H I L L E R P L AT Z
of the great composer.

5 Theater an der Wien N I B E L u N G E N – G A S S E
The 18th-century theatre on E
the banks of the Wien river is a S S
prime operatic venue in a A
historic setting. Their G
programme also includes R T
ballet and concerts. A
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G E T R E I D E M A R K T
L I N K E W I E N Z E L L E

6 . Naschmarkt
Fresh produce is sold here Monday to
Saturday, and a flea market operates
on Saturday mornings.
For hotels and restaurants in this area see pp293–4 and pp313–14

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