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VIEWS FROM A TRIP AROUND THE WORLD
#5 - VIENNA, AUSTRIA
Size: 3" x 5"
Copyrighted: 1891
Lithographer: Joseph P. Knapp
  
Illustrations: Vienna Coachman; Opera House; Lady's Maid; Church of St.
Stephen; The Prater; View of Vienna
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Left section:
GRIND
YOUR COFFEE AT HOME
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| VIENNA, AUSTRIA. |
| This city of ancient
origin and the scene of many
interesting historical events, is
located on the level of the
Danube, about 550 feet above the
sea level. The city is of nearly
circular form, 12 miles in
circumference, but the old city,
or city proper, has a circuit of
only about 3 miles. It was
formerly enclosed by
fortifications; just outside of
them a wide esplanade called the
Glacis, recently built into one
of the finest streets in the
world, now bearing the name of
Ringstrasse. The suburbs of the
city are about 15 miles in
circuit. The Prater, formerly a
deer park, is now the favorite
promenade of the people. It
comprises 2,000 acres of woods
and park on the east side of the city. |
| In point
of fine buildings Vienna stands
abreast of any other European
city. With the exception of
London, it is said the citizens
of Vienna are the richest in
Europe, and no other city has so
large a number of resident nobility. |
| The vault of the Church of the
Capuchins, the burial place of
royalty, is especially
interesting as containing the
remains of the first Napoleon's
only son. |
| The
Imperial Palace is a confused
mass of buildings occupying a
large area in which is the
Imperial Riding School, Library,
Jewel Office, and a Museum of
Antiquities. The Imperial Library
contains nearly 350,000 volumes
and 20,000 manuscripts. Among the
latter are the MS. of Tasso's
Jerusalem Delivered, and two
copies from the fourteenth and
sixteenth centuries of Dante's
Divina Comedia. The Imperial
Jewel Office contains articles
and relics of fabulous value. The
Cabinet of Antiquities has among
its treasures the finest cameo in
the world, about twenty-six
inches in circumference, and
representing the Apotheosis of Augustus. |
| The Viennese are gay, fond of society
and pleasure, and morbidly
sensitive as to musical fame. |
| The Cathedral of St. Stephen is the
most important in Vienna, dating
back to the twelfth century. |
| Population 1889, 1,350,000. |
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