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o Annakirche about 1505 – the original is Griechenbeisl (see p210) is its
in the Cathedral Museum best-known landmark. On
Annagasse 3b. Map 4 E1 & 6 D4.
Tel 5124797. % Stephansplatz. (see p80). St Anne is portrayed its façade is a woodcarving of
@ 1A, 2A, 3A. Open 7am–7pm daily. as a powerfully maternal figure a bagpiper known as Der liebe
and shown with her daughter, Augustin (Dear Augustin).
There has been a chapel in the Virgin Mary, who in turn Rumour has it that during the
Annagasse since 1320, but has the baby Jesus on her 1679 plague, this bagpiper
the present Annakirche was knee. The carving is attributed slumped drunk into the gutter
built between 1629 and 1634, to the sculptor Veit Stoss. one night and, taken for dead,
Statuary in the hall of the Winter Palace and later renovated by the was put in the plague pit. He
of Prince Eugene Jesuits during the early 18th woke, attracted attention by
century. Devotion to St Anne p Haus der Musik playing his pipes and was
u Winter Palace of has deep roots in Vienna and Seilerstätte 30. Map 4 E1 & 6 D5. rescued. Miraculously, he
this intimate church is often
did not catch the plague.
Prince Eugene full of quiet worshippers. Tel 513 48 50. % Stephansplatz, Next to the Griechenbeisl
Stubenring. @ 1A, 2A, 3A. Open
The finest exterior feature is the beautiful Neo-Byzantine
Himmelpfortgasse 4–8. Map 4 E1 & 6 10am–10pm daily. & 8 on request.
D4. Tel 795 57 134. % Stephansplatz. of the church is the moulded - = ∑ hdm.at Griechische Kirche (Greek
@ 1A, 2A, 3A. Vestibule: Open 10am– copper cupola over the tower. Church of the Holy Trinity). Ivy-clad façade of Ruprechtskirche
6pm daily. ∑ winterpalais.at The ceiling frescoes, painted The House of Music is a sound Detail on the façade of the Griech ische The versatile architect Theophil
by Daniel Gran, who was museum that delights adults Kirche on Griechengasse Hansen (see p34) created its rich, g Ruprechtskirche
The Winter Palace (Winterpalais) a leading painter of the and children alike. Its high-tech gilt structure in the 1850s. A Ruprechtsplatz. Map 2 E5 & 6 D2.
was commissioned in 1694 Austrian Baroque period, interactive displays include a Austrian Museum passage links the Griechenbeisl Tel 5356003. % Schwedenplatz.
by Prince Eugene of Savoy are now fading but his richly “experience zones” such as the of Applied Arts to Griechengasse. Open 10am–noon Mon–Fri, 3–5pm
(see p29), a brilliant military coloured painting glorifying Instrumentarium, with its giant Mon, Wed, Fri; for Mass 5pm Sat (6pm
commander. The work was St Anne on the high altar is instruments, and the Polypho- See pp84–5. Jul & Aug). 7 Donation expected.
entrusted to Johann Bernhard still striking. The first chapel nium, which is a collection of f Griechengasse ∑ ruprechtskirche.at
Fischer von Erlach (see p149) on the left houses a copy different sounds. The museum’s s Postsparkasse Map 2 E5 & 6 E2. % Schwedenplatz.
and later by Johann Lukas von of a carving of St Anne from staircase acts as a piano. Georg-Coch-Platz 2. Map 2 F5 & 6 F3. Griechenkirche St Georg: Tel 5357882. St Ruprecht (see p24) was the
Hildebrandt (see p154) in 1702. Tel 059905. % Schwedenplatz. Open by appt, 9am–4pm Mon–Fri, patron saint of Vienna’s salt
The result is an imposing town @ 3A. v 1, 2. Open 10am–5pm 10am–1pm for Mass only Sat & Sun. merchants and the church that
mansion, one of the most Mon–Fri. ∑ ottowagner.com takes his name overlooks the
mag nifi cent Baroque edifices in The name of this street, leading merchants’ landing stage on the
Vienna. Maria Theresa bought it This building, the Imperial- up from Rotenturmstrasse, Danube canal. There is a statue
for the state in 1752 and it was Royal Post Office Savings Bank, refers to the Greek merchants of the saint holding a tub of salt
home to the Ministry of Finance is a wonderful example of who settled here in the 18th at the foot of the Romanesque
from 1848 until 2006. It is now Secession architecture (see century. The house on the right tower. As salt was a valuable
an exhibition venue for the pp56–9). Designed between dates from 1611 but has since commodity in the Middle Ages,
Belvedere (see pp154–9), devoted 1904 and 1906 by Otto Wagner, been altered. Opposite is the some historians suggests that
to its Baroque collection. it still looks unashamedly Greek Orthodox Griechenkirche the church dates back to the
modern. It features the St Georg, not to be confused 11th century, making it the
architect’s characteristic with the Griechische Kirche oldest church in Vienna. The
i Annagasse overhanging eaves, spindly in Fleischmarkt. This one was interior is less interesting, having
aluminium columns supporting built in 1803 but the gable been restored at various times,
Map 4 E1 & 6 D4. % Stephansplatz.
@ 1A, 2A, 3A. Zum Blauen Karpfen: a canopy, heroic sculptures of was added later, in 1898. No. 7 but the chancel has two panes
Closed to the public. angels and ornament-like is a 17th-century house. whose of Romanesque stained glass.
nailheads protruding from the façade was rebuilt in the late The choir is 13th-century, the
Now splendidly Baroque, surface of the building. 18th century. vaulted south aisle 15th-century.
Annagasse dates from medieval Wagner was a pioneer in
times. It is pedestrianized and incorporating many functional
a pleasant place for browsing elements into his decorative
in the various bookshops. schemes. Inside, the banking
Notable buildings include hall is circled by tubular heating
the luxurious Mailberger Hof ducts and the metal columns
and the stucco-decorated are clad in aluminium.
Römischer Kaiser hotels (see
p198). No. 14’s lintel has a
Baroque carving of cherubs d Fleischmarkt
making merry, while above Map 2 E5 & 6 D2–E3. %
this is a relief of the blue Schwedenplatz. Griechische Kirche:
carp that gives the house, Tel 5333889. Open 9am–4pm Mon–Fri.
once a pub, its name: Zum
Blauen Karpfen. No. 2 is the Fleischmarkt, the former meat
17th-century Esterházy market, dates from 1220. The
Palace, which is now a casino. Moulded copper cupola over the tower of the Annakirche small cosy inn called the Carving of the bagpiper on the façade of the Griechenbeisl, Fleischmarkt

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