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6 Liechtenstein 7 Josephinum
Garden Palace Währinger Strasse 25/1. Map 1 C4.
Tel 4016026001. % Schottentor.
Fürstengasse 1. Map 1 C2.
Tel 3195767153. % Friedensbrücke. v 37, 38, 40, 41, 42. Open 10am–
@ 40A. v D. Open for guided tours 6pm Fri & Sat. Closed public hols.
only (call ahead for details). 9 & 7 ∑ josephinum.ac.at
∑ palaisliechtenstein.com
The ardent reformer Joseph II
Designed by Domenico (see p30) established this military
Martinelli and completed in surgical institute. Designed by
1692, the summer palace of Isidor Canevale in 1785, it is
the Liechtenstein family now now a medical museum. Some
houses the art collection of rooms contain memorabilia
Prince Hans-Adam II von und from the 19th century, when
zu Liechtenstein. Behind the Vienna was a leading centre
imposing Palladian exterior, for medical research, but the Detail on the Votivkirche façade
notable features include the main attraction is the collection
Neo-Classical library, and of wax anatom ical models in 1784, the Narrenturm (Fools’
the Hercules Hall and grand commis sioned by the emperor Tower) is a former lunatic
staircase with their magnificent from Tuscan artists. asylum designed by Isidor
frescoes. The art collection Canevale. The tower now
centres on the Baroque, with houses the Museum for
a special focus on Rubens, 8 Narrenturm Pathological Anatomy, which
and numerous paintings and Spitalgasse 2. Map 1 B3. Tel 52177606. includes a reconstruction of
sculptures by German, Dutch % Schottentor. v 5, 33. Open 10am– an apothecary’s shop and wax
and Italian masters from the 6pm Wed, 10am–1pm Sat. Closed models. The few ground-floor
Renaissance through to public hols & ^ rooms open to the public only
the 19th century. The palace show a small part of what is one
stands in an extensive English- What used to be the of the world’s most compre hen-
style garden, designed in Allgemeines Krankenhaus, sive pathology and anatomy
the 19th century. founded by Joseph II (see p30) collections. Serious students
can enrol on a guided tour of
the corridors upstairs.

9 Votivkirche
Rooseveltplatz 8. Map 1 C4 & 5 A1.
Tel 4061192. % Schottentor. v D, 1,
71. Open 9am–1pm, 4–6pm Tue–Sat,
9am–1pm Sun. & 7 side entrance.
After a deranged tailor tried
to assassinate Emperor Franz
Joseph on 18 February 1853,
a collection was made to pay
for a new church to be built
opposite the Mölker-Bastei,
where the attempt had been
made. The architect was Heinrich
von Ferstel, who began the
church in 1856 though it was
not dedicated until 1879. Many
of the church’s chapels are
dedicated to Austrian regiments
and military heroes. The finest
monument is the Renaissance
sarcophagus tomb of Niklas
Salm, who commanded
Austria’s forces during the 1529
Turkish siege. It is located in the
chapel just west of the north
transept. Visitors should
note the attractive lacy
Wooden Pietà in Gothic style (1470) in the Servitenkirche steeples and spire.

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