Schönbrunn Palace

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Photography, Travel, Vienna

“At the end of the 17th century Emperor Leopold I commissioned the gifted Baroque architect Bernhard Fischer von Erlach to built a palatial hunting lodge for the heir to the throne.”

And that is how this colossal, magnificent, splendid work of art happened!

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“Nos finais do séc. XVII o Imperador Leopold I encarregou o talentoso arquitecto barroco Bernhard Fisher von Erlach de construir uma casa de caça palaciana para o herdeiro do trono ”

E assim nasceu esta colossal, magnifícia, esplendida obra de arte!

Carrying on with [my] Conspiracies

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Music, Photography, Travel, Vienna

Vienna, Austria

Vienna is known worldwide as the city of music and is home to great music hall with excellent acoustics and World famous classical composers, including Mozart, Beethoven, Strauss, Schubert, and Brahms, have all lived and performed there.

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Viena é conhecida mundialmente como a cidade da música e é a casa de centros de espectáculos com excelentes acústicas e compositores clássicos famosos, incluindo Mozart, Beethoven, Strauss, Schubert e Brahms, ali viveram e actuaram.

 

Music found at 365 Days of Songs

An der schönen blauen Donau

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Music, Photography, Travel, Vienna

 

The Blue Danube a waltz by the Austrian composer Johann Strauss II, composed in 1866.

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Danúbio Azul é uma valsa do compositor austríaco Johann Strauss II, composta em 1866.

Vienna, Austria

Who can say where the road goes?

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Music, Photography, Travel, Vienna

Vienna, Austria

This particular road brought me to the Austrian Parliament Building, in Vienna. The building main construction lasted from 1874 to 1883 and Theophil Edvard Hansen was the architect responsible for the building in a Greek revival style.

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Esta estrada em particular levou-me ao Edifício do Parlamento Austríaco, em Viena. A construção da parte principal do edifício ocorreu entre 1874 e 1883, tendo sido Theophil Edvard Hansen o arquitecto responsável pelo mesmo num estilo grego renascentista.

The House of the Rising Sun

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Music, Photography, Travel, Vienna

Vienna, Austria

“I don’t ask for the meaning of the song of a bird or the rising of the sun on a misty morning. There they are, and they are beautiful.”

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“Não procuro o significado do chilrear de um pássaro oud o nascer do sol numa manhã nublada. Eles estão lá e são lindos.”

Pete Hamill