Tuesday, August 17, 2010

2nd Day of Castles along the Danube & Rhine

Part 1



Devin Lighthouse & Castle along the Danube

Jubille under Franez Josef Church(1898) in Vienna, Austria


The Prater(1897), Vienna's most popular giant Ferris Wheel for fun fair


Schonbrunn Palace & Gardens
(under powerful tyranny of Empress Maria Theresa)







The Great Parterre looking towards the Neptune Fountain & Gloriette




The Neptune Fountain












Bronze Statue of powerful Empress Maria Theresa




Avenue of Street Trees
(used to be Wall around the city for a protection)




St. Stephen's Cathedral, a Gothic-Romanesque cathedral










Beautiful ceramic tile roof of St. Stephen's Cathedral





Interior view
Admiring the nave

Interior view in the back, looking the organ


St. Stephen's Cathedral Organ




St. Stephen's Cathedral Tripicht




Tomb of Emperor Frederick III




Body of Emperor Frederick III with only one leg.
His lost leg beside him.




The pulpit, with the sculptures of Saint Gregory, Jerome, & Augustine






The pulpit at the closet




Stephansdom Fenstergucker, the sculptor of the pulpit. He wanted
to show his face in the window below the pulpit.






























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