Sigmund-Freud-Park
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Votivkirche, Vienna
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After an unsuccessful assassination attempt on Emperor Franz Joseph on February 18, 1853, Franz Joseph's brother Ferdinand Maximilian Joseph, (later emperor of Mexico) called upon the community for donations for a new church on the site of the attack. The church was to be a Votivgabe (a thank-you present to God) for the rescue of Franz Joseph. The church plans were established in an architectural competition in April 1854. 75 projects from the Austrian empire, German lands, England, and France were submitted. Original plans included incorporating the neighbouring Allgemeines Krankenhaus to create a campus fashioned after the plans of Oxford and Cambridge University. Another plan was to create a national cathedral for all the people of the empire. However because of spiralling costs and the changing political situation, this plan had to be downsized. The jury choose the project of Heinrich von Ferstel, who, at the time, was only 26. He choose to built the cathedral in the neo-gothic style, borrowing heavily from the architecture of gothic French cathedrals. Construction began in 1856, and it was dedicated twenty-six years later on April 24, 1879, the occasion of the silver jubilee of the royal couple. The church was one of the first buildings to be built on the Ringstrasse. Since the city-walls still existed at that point, the church is not directly on the boulevarde but has a broad square in front of it. Since its architectural style is quite similar to the Stephansdom, it often gets mistaken for it by tourists. In reality, more than 700 years lie between the two churches. The Votivkirche is made out of white sandstone, similar to the Stephansdom, and therefore has to be constantly renovated and protected from air-pollution and acid rain, which tends to colour and erode the soft stone. As you can see, the cleaning is only half-complete in this picture.
voltivkirche: stained glass 2
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voltivkirche: tall
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voltivkirche: stained glass 3
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voltivkirche: stained glass 1
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Nearest places of interest:
| University of Vienna Neues Institutsgebäude Imperial (Court) Theatre Schottenstift | Börse Erste Bank offices Votivkirche Josephinum |
