Sunday 22 May 2011

The grandeur of Vienna

 
The Hapsburg's summer retreat at Schonbrunn Palace:
even the rain could not dimimish its magnificence
Stephansdom : the grand exterior in contrast to
a much more restrained interior

Part of the vast Hofburg Complex: the seat of the
Austrian power for over 6 centuries
The Cafe at Kunsthistorisches Museum

The spectacular ceiling of the Kunsthistorisches Museum:
underneath which a flood of Japanese and Eastern Europe tourists
posed for photographs and then promptly returned to their coaches

High Altar at Karlskirche
The monumental, historicist-style facade of the Musikverein
The formal garden seen from Upper Belvedere  
The baroque State Hall of the Austrian National Library:
a jewel among the historical libraries in the world