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Theophil Hansen’s Grave VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
The architect of Vienna’s Parliament building
(see p123) rests near other artists and Practical Information
architects. Hansen died in 1891. Simmeringer Hauptstrasse 234,
Tor 2, A­1110. Tel 534690. Open
daily; Nov–Feb: 8am–5pm; Mar,
Oct: 7am–6pm; Apr–Sep: 7am–
7pm (May–Aug: to 8pm Thu). 8
9 7 ∑ friedhoefewien.at
Museum: Tel 76067. Open
9am–4:30pm Mon–Fri.
∑ bestattungsmuseum.at
Transport
< Zentralfriedhof, Kledering.
v 6, 71.

The Arcades
Some spectacular monuments
are carved in the semicircular
arcades facing the main entrance,
including this 1848 memorial to
the miner August Zang.

Main entrance
from Simmeringer
Hauptstrasse

. Musicians’
Graves
Among the city’s musicians
buried in this area are
Johann Strauss I and II
(grave pictured left), Russian Orthodox Chapel
Beethoven, Brahms and Built in traditional Russian
Schubert. There is a monu­ Orthodox style and completed
ment to Mozart, who is in 1894, this chapel is used by
buried in St Marx cemetery. Vienna’s Russian community.

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