The building of Karlskirche, at Karlsplatz, was started in 1715 following plans of one of the most famous Austrian Baroque architects, Johann Fischer von Erlach. It is the biggest cathedral in Baroque style north of the Alps.

Heldenplatz (Heroes Square) will go down in history as the scene of Hitler’s speech to hundreds of thousands of cheering Austrians after the 1938 Anchluß or annexation which confirmed Austria as part of the Third Reich.

The Burggarten was constructed in 1819 by Ludwig v. Remy and Franz Antoine. In 1901 the “butterfly house” was constructed in the Burggarten, with hundreds of free-flying tropical butterflies.

Vienna is the capital of Austria, and also one of the nine States of Austria. It was extremely cold outside, so we only took a few photos before calling it a day. The first picture is Justin with Matthias. Matthias found us wandering the streets late at night, trying to find our hotel, and was […]