Sunday, 24 April 2016

Karlskirche, Vienna


The Karlskirche is situated in the centre of Vienna just across the road from the Musikverein (the home of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra) and near to the U-Bahn station of Karlsplatz. Click here to learn more.  Ressel Park, from the where the building may be seen to best advantage, is dedicated to the Bohemian (Czech) inventor of the screw propeller. 


Viewed from Ressel Park

A place to reflect 

Lift takes you up! 
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14 comments:

  1. The Weaver of Grass24 April 2016 at 09:46

    I have never been to Germany or to Austria Gwil. How different the architecture is to that of the surrounding
    countries.

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    1. Gwil W24 April 2016 at 15:17

      There's a lot of early baroque in Vienna.

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  2. Jim24 April 2016 at 09:47

    I remember this church well. Beautiful.

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    1. Gwil W24 April 2016 at 15:17

      It reminds me of the Taj Mahal, not that I've ever been to India.

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  3. Tom24 April 2016 at 12:04

    I love seeing this scene twice.

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    1. Gwil W24 April 2016 at 15:19

      The pool is a nice idea. Vivaldi is buried somewhere around. Maybe under the water or the tarmac. Nobody seems to know exactly where.

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  4. Maria24 April 2016 at 18:11

    We visited the church in 2012 on a 4 day stay in Vienna for our birthdays (husband's birthday is 2 days after mine). Took the lift, then we climbed more steps, so close to the walls that we almost could touch the afrescos. The last flight of narrow steps brought us to the cupola's windows, also, if I remember well, in this narrow place there was an exhibition of some sort with painting on the wall. Greetings Maria x

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    1. Gwil W24 April 2016 at 20:30

      Maria, you must have a head for heights, which is better than having a pain in the neck ;)

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  5. Magyar25 April 2016 at 01:24

    Languages, so often teach.
    __I'm often embarrassed when I learn... and face my thought that... I should already have known. Smiles_!
    *** KIRCH = CHURCH ***
    __Today, we should all honor the caretakers of history. _m

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    1. Gwil W25 April 2016 at 08:36

      M,
      In Austria - Kirche
      In Scotland - Kirk
      In England - Church
      In Wales - Eglwys
      In France - Eglise
      In Italy - Chiesa

      That's a good phrase - 'the caretakers of history'.
      G

      There's an old Irish phrase that Douglass uses when talking about JFK and the Unspeakable. 'The upper crust is a bunch of crumbs held together by a lot of dough.'

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  6. Shawn25 April 2016 at 13:07

    I don't know any Welsh. How interesting that it's so close to the French here.

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    1. Gwil W26 April 2016 at 08:16

      The Welsh took some Latin from the Romans. A very interesting Welsh word is Glas which can mean Heaven or Sky (like Himmel in German). I mention this because there is a legend that Joseph of Arimethea (one of Jesus supporters - in fact he gave Christ his tomb) left the so-called Holy Land with 500 followers and sailed for the Britain which at that time was free of Romans and that the said Joseph planted his staff on a hill of Glas(tonbury) and that it miraculously sprouted white flowers. It is said that Jesus (still alive) might have been amongst the 500.

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  7. The Weaver of Grass26 April 2016 at 17:04

    Five for silver, six for gold, seven for a secret not yet told. (Although I have never seen seven magpies together)/

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  8. Gwil W26 April 2016 at 21:38

    . . . eight for a wish, nine for a kiss, ten for a bird you must not miss.

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