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Neidhart Fresco House
Frescoes dating from 1400,
depicting the songs of the
medieval minnesinger Neidhart
van Reuenthal, decorate the
dining room of this former
house of a wealthy clockmaker.

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Mozarthaus Vienna
Mozart lived in this Baroque
building for three years between
Schottenring and 1784 and 1787, and composed
Alsergrund one of his most famous works,
The Marriage of Figaro, here.

D A N U B E C A N A L

Stephansdom
Quarter
Winter Palace of Prince Eugene
Hofburg J B Fischer von Erlach and Johann Lukas
Quarter von Hildebrandt designed this Baroque
palace, with its spectacular staircase, for
the war hero Prince Eugene (see pp28–9).

Zum Blauen Karpfen
A stucco relief of a blue
Belvedere Quarter carp and a frieze of putti
adorn the façade of this
17th-century house on
Annagasse.

Belvedere
Designed by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt,
Prince Eugene’s summer palaces were built
on what were originally the southern outskirts
of Vienna. The Upper Belvedere now houses
the Museum of Austrian Art.

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