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smallhobbitWe're back from our visit to Vienna, which was a fascinating city, and where we did a lot of walking. There was a lot to see, and needless to state we didn't see everything, but we did manage quite a lot one way or another.
We began, as all good tourists do, with a visit to St Stephan's Cathedral. The roof is incredible, and, inevitably the stained glass windows attracted me. Equally inevitably, my photos of the window aren't too good as the sun insisted on shining through them.
Once we'd visited the Cathedral, we spotted a poster advertising Leonard Bernstein: A New Yorker in Vienna at the Jewish Museum. SM is a big fan of Bernstein, so although the Jewish Museum wasn't on our list of places to see we were open to detour and we found the museum and the extremely interesting exhibition. In addition there was a display on the Jewish presence in Vienna up to the 1400s. The museum is in two sites and one ticket buys entrance to both sites, with four days to visit. So a couple of days later we saw the other museum, which covered the period from the 1800s onwards. What I hadn't realised was the strong anti-Jewish feeling from the ex-Nazi element in Vienna even after the end of WWII. And sadly it remains today, both museums have armed soldiers posted outside.
Below is the door of the hotel we were staying at, plus the plaque in the pavement by the door.
We were staying near the Votivkirche, and the morning we were leaving we went to have a look inside. More glorious stain glass:
We began, as all good tourists do, with a visit to St Stephan's Cathedral. The roof is incredible, and, inevitably the stained glass windows attracted me. Equally inevitably, my photos of the window aren't too good as the sun insisted on shining through them.
Once we'd visited the Cathedral, we spotted a poster advertising Leonard Bernstein: A New Yorker in Vienna at the Jewish Museum. SM is a big fan of Bernstein, so although the Jewish Museum wasn't on our list of places to see we were open to detour and we found the museum and the extremely interesting exhibition. In addition there was a display on the Jewish presence in Vienna up to the 1400s. The museum is in two sites and one ticket buys entrance to both sites, with four days to visit. So a couple of days later we saw the other museum, which covered the period from the 1800s onwards. What I hadn't realised was the strong anti-Jewish feeling from the ex-Nazi element in Vienna even after the end of WWII. And sadly it remains today, both museums have armed soldiers posted outside.
Below is the door of the hotel we were staying at, plus the plaque in the pavement by the door.
We were staying near the Votivkirche, and the morning we were leaving we went to have a look inside. More glorious stain glass:
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Date: 2018-10-27 10:45 pm (UTC)I hadn't heard of the Jewish Museum before - it sounds so interesting. How depressing though that both sites need to be guarded like that. And the plaque in the pavement at your hotel is so quietly powerful.
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Date: 2018-10-28 11:15 am (UTC)Yes, the Jewish Museum was very interesting, and the plaque just spoke of so much.