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Start at one of the eastern gates (Stubentor) to see how massive Vienna’s walls were.

10 minutes

Church of the Jesuits

Decipher the spiritual concept in architecture and decoration.

10 minutes

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The legend of the Vienna basilisk illustrated by a mural.

N/A (Pass By)

Since 1905 home of the most famous “schnitzel”.

Sala Terrena im Deutschordenshaus

At the “sala terrena” played while he lived in the house of the “Teutonic Order” in 1781.

10 minutes

St. Stephen's Cathedral

Understand some of the outside details and find time for a look inside.

15 minutes

Judenplatz Holocaust Memorial

Embedded in one of the city’s most atmospheric neighborhood this square tells a story of seven hundred years.

10 minutes

Mariensaule (Pass By)

St. Mary represents the victory of the Catholic church over the enemies.

Freyung (Pass By)

See Café Central and the Ferstel Passage and find where Trotsky and Stalin did not become friends.

Palais Daun-Kinsky

The palace was commissioned by Count Wirich Philipp von Daun, and construction started in 1713 under the direction of architect Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt. Prince Józef Poniatowski, a Polish general and Marshal of France, was born in the palace on 7 May 1763.

10 minutes

Molker Bastei

The Pasqualati House on Mölker Bastei in an exposed position on the ramp of the former town fortifications. The building was home to Beethoven on several occasions.

10 minutes

Votivkirche (Pass By)

Following the attempted assassination of Emperor Franz Joseph in 1853, the Emperor's brother Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian inaugurated a campaign to create a church to thank God for saving the Emperor's life.

Universitat Wien (Pass By)

Founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365, it is the oldest university in the modern German-speaking world and among the largest institutions of higher learning in Europe. The university is associated with 16 Nobel Prize winners and has been the home to many scholars of historical and academic importance.

Palais Ephrussi (Pass By)

Palais Ephrussi was built for the Ephrussi family of financiers by Theophil Freiherr von Hansen, the architect of the Austrian Parliament Building. The history of the building and the family is described in great detail in “The Hare with Amber Eyes” by Edmund de Waal, whose grandmother - Elisabeth de Waal née Ephrussi, born 1899 - spent her childhood and youth there.