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S C H O T T E N R I N G B A central
courtyard lies
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the former stock
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exchange AND ALSERGRUND
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The Börse (stock exchange)
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was commissioned when the
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Ringstrasse was conceived (see
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pp34–5). Designed by Theophil
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Hansen, it was completed in
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1877 and today houses offices, a
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gardening centre and a restaurant.
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R E N N G A S S E The Hermann Gmeiner Park
includes a playground with wendy
houses and open spaces and com­
mem orates the life and work of
Hermann Gmeiner (1919–86). He
founded SOS Children’s Villages, a
worldwide organization that cares
for orphans.
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Suggested route The Schönborn-Batthyány Palace is a fine Baroque
example that was built by Johann Bernhard Fischer von
Erlach between 1699 and 1706.
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