Is Vienna too good for mere mortals?

 

Vienna is a place that leaves you awestruck. It is one beautiful building after another. Even the big apartment buildings people live in are elaborate. 

In the central part of Vienna there is an area called the Innere Stadt. It is a sort of oblong circle. It is the place where the Roman’s originally made a settlement. It was surrounded by stone walls, like many ancient towns, for defense. 

As the city grew outside the walls into the the mid 1850’s, the walls were destroyed but a wide boulevard remained now called the Ringstrabe. Elaborate buildings were built in the baroque style of architecture, many were museums, government buildings, libraries along the boulevard.

So many of the opulent buildings of central Vienna were built in the last part of the 19th century. Looking at them, you would think they are much older but they aren’t. The architects built them in old architectural styles like Baroque.

I had been wondering why so many buildings had statues along the top edge and this is part of the Baroque style. Baroque is dramatic, has elaborate details. Doorways are often embellished. Architectural details are added to even simple, practical buildings like apartment buildings. 

If you could use a couple of words to describe Vienna , it would be dramatic, opulent. Everything is bigger here and more opulent. Ordinary stores, apartments are in beautiful buildings. This place is so grand it feels too good for mere mortals.

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September 01, 2022 at 08:14PM