The Liechtenstein MuseumThe Liechtenstein Museum is, as many people say, a temple of baroque . For a long time that statement was offensive. But now exactly this place is the proof that the wealth of baroque does not have to overwhelm, but also serve certain mission. The Liechtenstein museum enlivens the art.
Famous Austrian architect Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach was one of the people who seeked the possibility to build the palace on the order of duke Adam I. However he became engaged in the project of Belveder Palace . But there were still two other architects, Domenico Egidio Rossi and Domenico Martinelli, interested in duke's offer. Eventually it was Martinelli that after three years from the beginning of works replaced Rossiego and finished working on a project .
The whole building is a mixture of the urban and country style , Romanesque and baroque style , and it represents the prince's conservative taste.
Not only the facade and interior can impress , but also the private collection of Liechtenstein family , and particularly the collection of prince Adam II of Liechtenstein. Admiring the collection is possible since 29 March 2004. The public can see works of the greatest painters of four ages, from the renaissance to romanticism. There are displayed paintings of Rafael, Breugle family , Peter Paul Ruben, Anton van Dyck, Fransa Hals, Rembrandt, Franza Xaver Messerschmidt, Jakob Gabriel Mollinarolo, Giambologna and Adrian de Fries . This is certainly the reason why tourists cannot miss the visit in the Liechtenstein Museum.
The aim of the exhibition is to present the spectator the historical integrity, not the division on the separate kinds of art. The paintings and sculptures are integrated with the artistic interior decorations creating the whole. That place can be treated as the example of classic temple of muses . The largest baroque hall in Europe, which is situated in the central part of the museum, is the artistic phenomenon. Walking around the halls of the museum we feel the breath of the art history which in a certain way „happens” before our very eyes. Also the garden and orangery surrounding the building make an impression on visitors. There we will also find vases and sculptures - originally they were placed by Giovanni Giuliani according to Giuseppe Mazz's plan, but later, in 1820, they were arranged in more neoclassical style, according to Joseph Kornhaeusel's plan .
The Liechtenstein museum possesses also its divisions in different parts of Vienna. Kunstmuseum in Vaduz is also connected with the Liechtenstein museum.
Except the regular exhibition, the museum organizes thematic exhibitions. Local hotels offer the lots of places. In the neighbouhood you can also find cheap apartments vienna and guesthouses. The Innere Stadt literally means "internal city ” in other words “the city in the city”. The district is situated between Leopoldstadt (the North East), Landstrasse ( the East), Wieden and Mariahilf (the South), Neubau and Josefstadt ( the West) and Alsergrund ( the North). The Innere Stadt is the oldest district of Vienna, it contains the historic areas and the Centre. The district was split into quarters - Stubenviertel (the North East), Kärntner Viertel (the South East), Widmerviertel (the South West) and Schottenviertel (the North West). Until 1850 the Innere Stadt was the equivalent of Vienna, and after that year it started to be treated as a separate district in extending city.
Continue reading The Hofburg Palace, one of Viennese palaces, is surely the most impressive. The dynasty of Habsburg resided there for six centuries and every generation had its own contribution in the building extension. The first emperor who lived in Hofburg was Rudolf I (1279 r), and the last - Charles I (1918 r.). Nowadays in winter this is the official residence of Austrian president (In the summer the president resides in Schönbrunn Palace). It is a tradition that every Sunday the Vienna Boys Choir sings in Hofburg.
Continue reading The tallest building of Vienna (50 metres higher than Millennium Tower) is at 4 Donauturmstrasse on the area of Donauparku ( a garden created in 1963-64). It is between Dunaube and Old Danaube, the centre of Vienna, Florisdorf and Donaustadt. This relatively new tourist attraction of Austrian capital is only 40 years old, but it has 252 metres of height. The tower was designed by prof. Hannes Lintl in 1962 . In 2001 the architect was awarded Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art. His projects are also television towers in Bagdad (destroyed during the war), in Montreal and Djakarta. The building of the Danaube Tower started on October 12 and continued for next 18 months. In 1964 Austrian president Adolf Schärf officially opened the tower. Continue reading Friedensreich Hundertwasser was one of the most controversial architects in history. He was called "the king of five skins ” (It was taken from his theory, that every man possesses five skins: natural skin, clothes house, social environment and planet). He maniacally postulated the protection of environment. So on one of the meetings he even prepared a meal of nettles that caused stomach inflammation the long standing treatment. He died in 2000.
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