Vienna - Karlsplatz

Now a tram and underground railway junction, Karlsplatz was laid out above the river Wien between 1894 and 1900. Karlsplatz is quite a complicated wide-open square that is actually a small park. On it’s south side rises the baroque Karlskirche (1716-1737), an impressive building and the city’s most important sacral baroque structure. At the northern edge of the park are two stunning traditional Viennese buildings – the Kunstlerhaus and the Musikverein. The neo-Renaissance Kunstlerhaus was commissioned by the Viennese Society of Fine Arts in 1868 and is adorned with life-size statues of Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo and many others. There is a theatre/cinema inside and there are regular exhibitions of contemporary Austrian painters. Karlsplatz is a unique square in Vienna; completely different to anywhere else you’ll see in Vienna.

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