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                                                                              MUSEUM AND TOWNHALL
                                                                              QUARTER

                                                                              It was Emperor Franz Joseph who   18th-century atmosphere with its
                                                                              commissioned the major institutional   picturesque streets, modest palaces and
                                                                              buildings of the Habsburg empire, and the   Baroque churches. The area’s cultural
                                                                              city, along the Ringstrasse in the mid-19th   institutions are vibrant: the brilliant
                                                                              century (see pp34–5). Today these buildings   productions staged by the Burgtheater
                                                                              remain a successful and imposing example of   and the wide-ranging exhibits at the
                                                                              good urban planning. The districts that lie to   renowned Naturhistorisches Museum
                                                                              the west of the Ringstrasse are untouched,   and the Kunsthistorisches Museum are
                                                                              including Josefstadt, which still retains an   hugely popular.

                                                                              Sights at a Glance
                                                                              Streets and Squares   Restaurants pp214–15    9  Landtmann Café
                                                                              6 Sankt-Ulrichs-Platz     1  Amerlingbeisl    10  Lebenbauer
                                                                              7 Spittelberg Pedestrian Area     2  Café Bellaria    11  Pizzeria-Osteria
                                                                              u Mölker-Bastei       3  Café Eiles        Da Giovanni
                                                                              Historic Buildings    4  Café Leopold     12  Prinz Ferdinand
                                                                                                                        13  Schnattl
                                                                              2 Alte Backstube      5  Café Maria Haag    14  Vestibül
                                                                                                    6  Centimeter II am Spittelberg
                                                                              4 Theater in der Josefstadt     7  Halle Café     15  Witwe Bolte
                                                                              5 Trautson Palace     8  Kunthistorisches Museum      16  Zu ebener Erde und
                                                                              9 Parliament           Café & Restaurant      erster Stock
                                                                              w Neues Rathaus
                                                                              r University
                                                                                                   ALSER  STRASSE
                                                                              t Café Landtmann
                                                                              y Dreimäderlhaus                 U N I V E R S I T Ä T S S T R A S S E
                                                                              i Pasqualatihaus   KOCHGASSE                     Schottentor
                                                                              o Burgtheater pp134–5        S C H L Ö S S E L G A S S E  WICKENBURGGASSE  LIEBIGG.
                                                                                                   L A U D O N G A S S E          350 yards
                                                                              Churches and Cathedrals  L E D E R E R G A S S E    EBENDORFERSTRASSE  REICHSRATSSTRASSE
                                                                              3 Maria-Treu-Kirche   SCHÖNBORN  L A M M G .  LANDESGERICHTSSTRASSE
                                                                              e Dreifaltigkeitskirche   550m  PARK  L A N G E   F L O R I A N I G A S S E    SCHREYVOGELG.  SCHOTTENGASSE
                                                                              Museums and Galleries         TULPENGASSE  FELDERSTR. RATHAUS-  TEINFALTSTR.
                                                                                                                            PARK
                                                                              1 Volkskunde Museum
                                                                              8 MuseumsQuartier Wien  PIARISTENGASSE  SCHMID-    GASSE   RATHAUS- D R - K A R L - R E N N E R - R I N G   U N I V E R S I T Ä T S R I N G  LÖWELSTRASSE   BA NK GA SS E
                                                                                                                         PLATZ
                                                                              0 Kunsthistorisches Museum    G A S S E    L E N A U G A S S E   Rathaus R A T H A U S S T R A S S E
                                                                                pp124 –9                                 RATHAUS-
                                                                                                           BUCHFELD-         GASSE
                                                                              q Naturhistorisches Museum    JO SE F STÄD TER   S TR AS S E    REICHSRATSSTRASSE  PARK
                                                                                pp130–31                             BARTENSTEING.
                                                                                                           JOSEFSG.  DOBLHOFFG.
                                                                                                                          SCHMERLING-
                                                                                                S T R O Z Z I G A S S E
                                                                                0 metres  250                               PLATZ
                                                                                                                AUERSPERGSTR.
                                                                                                     P I A R I S T E N G A S S E
                                                                                                                         BELLARIASTRASSE
                                                                                0 yards  250       LERCHENFELDER        STRASSE   MUSEUMSTR. VOLKSGARTENSTR.
                                                                                                       NEUDEGGERGASSE
                                                                                                 N E U B A U G A S S E    KELLERMANNG.  N E U S T I F T G A S S E  Volkstheater  B U R G R I N G
                                                                                                                              MARIA-
                                                                                                                              THERESIEN-
                                                                                                                GARDEG.
                                                                                                                              PLATZ
                                                                                                         B U RGG A S S E    KIRCHBERG-  MUSEUMSPLATZ
                                                                                                                                 BABENBERGERSTR.
                                                                                                                   GASSE
                                                                                                                    BREITE GASSE
                                                                                                                  GUTENBERGG.
                                                                                                          S I E B E N S T E R N G A S S E      SCHWEIGHOFERGASSE   Museums-
                                                                                                              STIFTGASSE
                                                                                                            SIGMUNDSG.
                                                                                                                             quartier
                                                                              See also Street Finder    K I R C H E N G A S S E    LINDENGASSE  STIFTGASSE
                                                                              maps 1, 3 and 5                M A R I A H I L F E R               S T R A S S E
                                                                               Statue of Pallas Athene on the Parliament building fountain  For keys to symbols see back flap
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