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Turkish Siege
The defeat of the Where to See
Turks in 1683 was Baroque Vienna
crucial, not only
for Vienna, but for The Baroque is everywhere in
Central Europe, Vienna. Hardly a street in the
which was spared old city or inner suburbs is
the prospect of without a Baroque mansion or
Ottoman rule. church. Fine examples of Baroque
architecture include the Belvedere
palaces (see pp154–9), the
Prunksaal (p104), the Karlskirche
(pp148–9), the Leopold inischer
Baroque Trakt in the Hofburg (pp98–9), the
statues Winter Riding School (pp100–101)
and the Bohemian Court
Chancery (pp86–7). Beautiful
Baroque houses line many
streets, including Naglergasse
(p96) and Kurrentgasse (p88).
Elaborate
window hoods

Baroque
porticos

Prince Eugene’s
entourage

The Prunksaal (1721–6) was
built by J B Fischer von Erlach.

Dome ornamentation on the
Karlskirche (pp148–9)
Prince Eugene
Best remembered for his
role in defeating the
Turks, Prince Eugene
showed great military
prowess in the ensuing
decades, and died
in 1736 laden
Window hood on the Zwölf with honours.
Apostelkeller (p80)

1713 Karl VI proclaims Pragmatic
Sanction, allowing succession
through the female line Statue of Maria Theresa holding
Pragmatic Sanction
1719 Karlskirche begun
1710 1720 1730
1716 Lower 1724–6 Prunksaal
Belvedere and Upper
completed 1722 Vienna Belvedere
becomes an completed
1713–14 Last plague in Vienna archbishopric
Upper Belvedere

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