My world Tuesday - Just like a Tourist

I love to walk through my home town Vienna like a tourist!
Come with me, it's not far, only an hour's walk, taking some pictures included :)

Start at St. Stephen's Cathedral!

Kohlmarkt and Michaelertor

Enter the Hofburg at Michaelerplatz

Michaelerkirche

The entrance to the Imperial Palace

In der Burg and the monument of Emperor Franz I

Heldenplatz

Neue Burg

Archduke Charles of Austria who defeated Napoleon,
behind him the domes of the two Museums,
the Museum of Art History and the Museum of Natural History.

Here is the Volksgarten with Empress Sissi's monument,

and her famous rosegarden!

Many visitors come here
to enjoy the roses and spend a leasurly afternoon in the sunny park.

In the background you see the Burgtheater,

the Parliament,

and the towers of the City Hall.

We leave the rosegarden and return to Hofburg again.

Thank's for joining me on my stroll today!
Now click on the image below and travel around the globe!

Fountain of Angels

The Fountain of Angels in Vienna's 4th district shows a girl and two prisoners beneath her. It was built in 1893 by the sculptor Anton Wagner to remind of a 500 year old tale.
The tale of brave 18 year old Elsbeth who trapped two dangerous robbers in the woods nearby and brought them to Vienna where they were finally sentenced to death.
Many men hadalready lost their lives before Elsbeth caught the robbers.


Please don't ask me why the fountain is called Fountain of Angels while it shows two devils and a heroine :)
The sponsor of the fountain was a man named Engel !

Here you can see a picture of the complete fountain!


Wiedner Hauptstraße/Schaumburgergasse
The tale and the last photo are taken from "Sagen.at" Datenbanken zur Europäischen Ethnologie"