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3 Musikverein
This Ringstrasse-style OPERA AND
concert hall (see p150), NASCH-
MARKT
home of the Vienna
Philharmonic
Orchestra, is BELVEDERE QUARTER
renowned for its
superb acoustics.
Locator Map
See Street Finder maps 4 and 6

2 . Wien Museum Karlsplatz
This museum chronicles Vienna’s
E history from Neolithic times
S
S to the present, with weapons,
A paintings and reconstructed
R
T rooms from each period.
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M S T R A S S E
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K A R L S P L A T Z
L O T H R I N G E R

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M 1 . Karlskirche
M A T T I E L L I S T R A S S E people during the
Promised to the
1713 plague, this
is Vienna’s finest
Baroque church.
G U S S H A U S S T R A S S E The Art Nouveau French Embassy French Embassy
T E C H N I K E R S T R

Built in 1904–12 by the French
architect Georges Chédanne,
the Embassy is typical of
French Art Nouveau,
resembling houses along
Rue Victor Hugo in Paris.
Unaccustomed to this foreign
style, some thought the
0 metres 50
building was oriental, giving
0 yards 50 rise to a rumour that its plans
had been mixed up with
those of the French Embassy
in Istanbul. Art Nouveau façade of the French Embassy

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