Vienna - Karlsplatz & Around Naschmarkt (PDF Chapter)
Here, days can be spent gazing upon Karlskirche’s baroque frescoes, Otto Wagner’s art nouveau buildings and Klimt’s sensual friezes. Nights lift the curtain on high-calibre opera and classical music the world’s finest concert halls.
- ride the elevator up to Karlskirche’s elliptical copper dome for a close-up view of the incredible frescoes by Johann Michael Rottmayr
- contemplate the sensuous shapes, gold mosaics and mythological symbolism of Klimt’s Beethoven Frieze at the 1897-designed exhibition centre of the Vienna Secession movement artists
- breathe in the heady aromas of spices, olives, oils and vinegars, cheeses, hams, sausages and much more while snacking your way from stall to delectable stall at Naschmarkt
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