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VIENNA AREA B Y AREA  115

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 B ANK G ASSE
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 T R 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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