Otto Wagner: St. Leopold's Church at Steinhof. At the beginning of the 20th century, Otto Wagner created a masterpiece in the form of the Kirche am Steinhof, which is one of the most important sacred buildings

Borobudur, der größte buddhistischer Tempel der Welt.

Otto Wagner: Stadtbahn Pavilion at Karlsplatz, Linke Wienzeile Buildings. Otto Wagner (1841-1918) was one of the first architects to oppose the architectural style of Historism popular at the turn of the

As of this writing, the official global death toll from COVID-19 is 754, 185. However, ourworlddata.org (the source of this statistic) cautions: "the actual death toll is likely to be higher..."

Porcelain Museum. The "white gold", as porcelain is also called, is the subject of this part of the series about museums and collections in Vienna that are worth seeing. In the museum of the renowned Augarten

The Heiligenstadt Testament. According to the motto "Beethoven belongs to all", Vienna is celebrating for one year the 250th birthday of the great German composer Ludwig van Beethoven, who lived in Vienna

Vor ein paar Tagen ist er endlich fertig geworden: mein Tiger. Naja, jetzt nicht mehr mein, aber das ist ok so. :) Insgesamt saß ich um die 25-30 Stunden dran, genau kann ich es leider nicht sagen da ich

Ephesus Museum. Witnesses of a lost culture are the focus of part 7 of the series about museums worth seeing in Vienna. Ephesus, situated on the Turkish Aegean coast, experienced a heyday as the capital

Papyrus Museum. The sixth part of the series on special Viennese museums takes us to the land of the pharaohs. Using original papyri as well as antique textiles and everyday objects, the visitor to the

A collage for LMAC and, the camel's journey from the Canadian Yukon to the Australian outback

Coins Collection Part 5 of the series on Viennese museums specializing in a particular subject is dedicated to the Coin Collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien (KHM Wien). Münzkabinett Der 5. Teil

The history and culture of Scotland, represented in a collage for LMAC #45.

From the horse-drawn carriage to the subway. A time travel through 150 years of history of public transport in Vienna is at the beginning of the 4th part of my series on Viennese special museums. Thematically

Dadaism and Surrealism: Twentieth-century revolutions in art.

A visit to Imperial Armoury and Phonomuseum. Ein Besuch in der Hofjagd- und Rüstkammer und im Phonomuseum. In the third part of my series about special museums in Vienna, I first take you back to the Middle

travelling in one of the highest mountain in Java.

Museum about clocks, fire service and Romans. A time travel through the Centuries, a report on my visit to the Fire Service Museum and a small insight into the life of the Romans in the legionary camp

Globes, chocolate and music instruments. Vienna has a diverse range of museums. In addition to the renowned classical and modern museums, whose collections have an international reputation, there are a

Dear Hivians, welcome to my new blog, which is about visual artists and their works. While I have been writing in detail about art and culture on my main account @vieanna for three years now, I would like

Vienna around 1900. Around the turn of the century, the time was right for a new style in architecture. Representatives of an avant-garde artists' association such as Otto Wagner or Joseph Maria Olbrich