27 July 08
Trimmed bushes at the garden, the back of Maria Theres's statue is also visible.
Below, the Kunsthistorisches museum is visible from this side of the garden.
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27 July 08
My little boy, perhaps, saw an ant there, lol.
Fence by the museum and a lamp attached to a greek inspired post.
27 July 08
Pardon me but I lifted the information from the empress' wikipedia page.
Maria Theresa was the reigning Archduchess of Austria, Queen regnant of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia, and a Roman Empress by marriage.
She brought unity to the Habsburg Monarchy and was considered one of its most capable rulers. Her 16 children also included Marie Antoinette (2006 film), queen consort of France, and Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor.
She also contributed a lot to medicine when she made a decree that autopsies would be mandatory for all hospital deaths in city of Graz--Austria's second largest city. Some modern researchers have credited the Graz autopsy records with helping to make breakthroughs in their research.
Civil wise, Empress Maria Theresa innovated the decency police which was to patrol everywhere, especially Vienna, and apprehend anyone suspected of doing something that could be deemed indecent (possibly due to her husband's supposed infidelity). Arrested prostitutes, for example, would be sent into villages in the eastern parts of the realm, leading some contemporary writers to note that these villages had 'exceptionally beautiful women' living there.
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Maria Theresa died in Vienna in 1780 at the age of 63, the only female to rule during the 650-year-long Habsburg dynasty.
The monument of Maria Theresa was completed by Kaspar Zumbusch and Karl Hasenauer in the year 1887. Around her there are the four military generals Daun, Laudon, Traun and Khevenhueller.
27 July 08
Above, a view in front of the Naturhistorisches Museum.
Who says museums are boring for kids? =) My son on top of the elephant in front of the building.
27 July 09
Please click photos to enlarge.
As mentioned the other day, the façade of the Naturhistorisches Museum has names and statues depicting personifications of the various continents known to Austrian science at the time - Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas.
Above, the names on the golden plate are Alexandre der Große, G.Mercator and Julius Caesar.
Below, names of Columbus, Imanuel Kant and Vasco da Gama.
27 July 08
Still at the Naturhistorisches Museum...a perfect day for Skywatch with a view of great architecture. Above photo is the right edge and below is the left side of the museum.
I will be away for a week but I will try to auto post for the coming days. I almost forgot its theme day tomorrow! Happy weekend everyone!
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Ody, I posted a photo of the landstrasse mural kasi kalat ang histura lol.
Panaderos, di na uso tabo...naked sa donau na haha.
Dong, it is! even the surrounding, neatly swept talaga araw araw.
Kyels, come with your mom and enjoy Vienna too.
Babooshka, I am merely showing off what beauty this city has, a chunk of reality so to speak...lets enjoy!
