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Wonders of Man
Vienna
Cloth-bound hardcover edition with original dust jacket. Jacket has small tears along top and bottom edges.
- GenresHistoryNonfictionTravel
172 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 1981
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October 11, 2021
Vienna ("Wien"). Very well-written book, if a little dated, written in 1981.
The first Chapter is entitled "The Tower of Saint Stephen" (pronounced Stef-an), built in 1137, rebuilt in 1263 after the fire, again after WW II. There are two or three photos of the tower, (some are paintings) and only two or three of the interior; none of the catacombs beneath, which I found fascinating. Many of the 11,000 bones are from the bubonic plague of 1735. Most of the 40 pages of Chapter One is the history of Vienna - I was personally disappointed. Chapter Two has a painting of the Spanish Riding School of Vienna, (remembered from reading the childrens' book). It is not half as wide or large as in the painting, but the horses, are just as impressive as your imagination would have them!
Chapter II is "A Little Night Music", "III, The Congress Dances", "IV, The Waltz Kings", "V, Gay Apocalypse" (gay meaning frivolous, happy), and "VI, The Phoenix Rises". What they have done since 1981 would be interesting to see in a coffee-table book.
Vienna (the hot dogs are mild) can be walked in a three or four days, and in that time you can visit the gravesites and museums of innumerable famous people.
Parts of the chapters are devoted to Napoleon (and his Ring Strasse), Mozart, Beethoven, the Strauss's, Brahms, Klimt, Mahler, Schoenberg etc., who visited and/ or lived in Vienna. Impressive!
Interspersed is historic, in words & photos. The U.S.A. just doesn't have any equal to this.
The first Chapter is entitled "The Tower of Saint Stephen" (pronounced Stef-an), built in 1137, rebuilt in 1263 after the fire, again after WW II. There are two or three photos of the tower, (some are paintings) and only two or three of the interior; none of the catacombs beneath, which I found fascinating. Many of the 11,000 bones are from the bubonic plague of 1735. Most of the 40 pages of Chapter One is the history of Vienna - I was personally disappointed. Chapter Two has a painting of the Spanish Riding School of Vienna, (remembered from reading the childrens' book). It is not half as wide or large as in the painting, but the horses, are just as impressive as your imagination would have them!
Chapter II is "A Little Night Music", "III, The Congress Dances", "IV, The Waltz Kings", "V, Gay Apocalypse" (gay meaning frivolous, happy), and "VI, The Phoenix Rises". What they have done since 1981 would be interesting to see in a coffee-table book.
Vienna (the hot dogs are mild) can be walked in a three or four days, and in that time you can visit the gravesites and museums of innumerable famous people.
Parts of the chapters are devoted to Napoleon (and his Ring Strasse), Mozart, Beethoven, the Strauss's, Brahms, Klimt, Mahler, Schoenberg etc., who visited and/ or lived in Vienna. Impressive!
Interspersed is historic, in words & photos. The U.S.A. just doesn't have any equal to this.
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