Family Travelogue: Vienna

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Saturday, 7 August 2021

Christmas Holidays in Europe December 2019~January 2020/Berlin, Nuremberg, Prague, Vienna, Zagreb, Frankfurt, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Strasbourg, Colmar, Ribeauville, Riquewihr, Kaysersberg, Basel, Bern, Luxembourg, Brussels, Bruges, Paris, Krakow

21 December 2019 Berlin, Germany

22 December 2019 Berlin, Germany

22 December 2019 Nuremberg, Germany

24 December 2019 Prague, Czech Republic

25 December 2019 Vienna, Austria

Christmas in Vienna, Austria with family 25 December 2019

2019 Christmas in Vienna with the Pabustan family

Spent the 2019 Christmas in the city where you could still feel that we are still in the 17th century with the Baroque buildings and the Imperial Palaces. It was our third visit to this amazing city, the second

KUNSTHISTRISCHES MUSEUM, VIENNA, AUSTRIA

The Tower of Babel (1563)
by, Peiter Bruegel the Elder (born between 1525 &39, died in 1569). Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painter

The Tower of Babel is one of the 12 renaissance paintings of Peter Bruegel housed in Kunsthistorisches. A total of 40 artworks painted by Bruegel, Kunst has the largest and and most important collections of Bruegels all over the world.
The Tower of Babel painting depicts the story in the bible Book of Genesis where the residents built a city and this tower to unify and prevent to scatter abroad.

Bacchus, Venus and Cupid (between 1595 and 1600)
by Hans Von Aachen (1552~1615)

The Wine God, Bacchus, left hand on Venus' right shoulder, a glass of wine on his right and eyes on

SCHONBRUNN PALACE & GARDEN, VIENNA, AUSTRIA/ 12 May 2018

The Great Parterre, Neptune Fountain and the Gloriette at Schonbrunn Park, Vienna, Austria

Schonbrunn is one of the major attractions in Vienna, Austria. The Palace and its Garden have been an important Viennese art since the 18th century. It was the summer residence of the Imperial family until the end of the Habsburg Monarch in 1918. The palace became a museum after World War I.

Schonbrunn was the summer residence of the Imperial family. Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, grew up in this palace.

VIENNA, Austria: St Stephen's Cathedral, Stephenplatz, Kunsthistorisches, Schonbrunn 11~12 May 2018

Triton and Naiad Fountain
by Hugo Haerdtl at the
Maria-Theresian-Platz, Vienna, Austria

Vienna City is the capital of Austria. The city's history dates back two thousand years ago and over. Known for great architectural design, most of Baroque style created under the rule of Empress Maria Theresa and Emperor Franz Josef.