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Wien Museum
Karlsplatz Cathedral Museum
Stained-glass windows This St Andrew’s cross
from the Stephansdom reliquary (c. 1440) is
(around 1390) are one of many medieval
among the many items religious treasures held
here documenting by the cathedral.
Vienna’s history.

Austrian Museum of
Applied Arts
This early 19th-century
beaker and Wiener
Werkstätte furniture (see
pp56–7) are among
D A N U B E C A N A L
examples of decorative
and applied arts on
display in this museum.

Hofburg Stephansdom
Quarter Quarter
The Belvedere
The Upper Belvedere displays art
from the Middle Ages onwards,
including medieval painting and
sculpture and Renaissance and
Baroque works. Ferdinand
Waldmüller’s Roses in the Window,
shown here, is part of this
collection, as is Gustav Klimt’s
The Kiss. The Lower Belvedere
and Orangery house
temporary exhibitions.
Belvedere Quarter

Heeresgeschichtliches
Museum
Paintings of battles and
military commanders, such
as Sigmund L’Allemand’s
portrait of Field Marshal
0 metres 500 Gideon-Ernst Freiherr von
0 yards 500 Laudon (1878), are part of
this museum’s collection.

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