The Vienna Central Cemetery was conceived and built on a grand scale. Situated just outside Simmering, it can be reached by the #71 tram from the underground station. I was slightly surprised that different faith groups would be interred on the same ground. The Ehrengräber or honorary graves were apparently designed to be a kind of tourist attraction. Interred here are musical notables such as Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Johann Strauss II, and Schoenberg. Mozart is honored with a memorial.
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| The Dr. Karl Lueger-Gedächtniskirche, Zentralfriedhof, Vienna |
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| Entrance to Zentralfriedhof , Vienna |
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| Horseshoe shaped crescent at the entrance to the graves |
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| Beethoven's grave |
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| Memorial to Mozart |
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| An intriguing memorial: of torture, slaughter, inhumanity |
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| Gothic on a modest scale |
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| A woman lovingly cleaning the tombstone |
