October 28, 2007

Vienna the Capital of Music ─ Hofburg Imperial Palace ‧音樂之都 - 維也納 ─ 荷夫堡

Welcome to the Hofburg Imperial Palace (also known as winter residence). It was the palace of the Habsburg dynasty of Austro-Hungarian empire, a powerful house in European history. Today, it is still the residence of governor - President of Austria.


Empress Maria-Theresien who led Austria to become a strong empire by promoting commerce, developing agriculture, building military force, introducing education reforms, etc. Austrians still feel thankful for her contributions till now.


Prince Eugene of Savoy, one of the greatest generals in Austrian history.


Archduke Charles of Austria, another great military character in Austria.


The new castle, a large-scale building complex of the palace.


Museum of Fine Arts (up) and Museum of Natural History (down) are twin architectures because of their appearance. One way to distinguish between the buildings is by the statues on top. The one with Athena is Museum of Fine Arts while the one with Apollo is Museum of Natural History.



Decorative decorations.





Gangsters? What's behind?


A street performer painted himself in white and dressed in traditional clothing for pantomime. Seems very peaceful.

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