top rated photo tagged 'historic' in Vienna
photo by Amelia
The city of music, art, theatre and all sorts of cultural stimulation! It's Vienna! or more correctly "Wien". i'm not quite sure why we change the names for places but i'll get to that in another ...
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The Fabulous Mr. da Ponte  (Jun 29 '06)
"He was quite the Renaissance man of the 18th-19th century."
Thursday means sleep for me tomorrow morning! Yay! This weekend will be especially intense, owing to the finals I have next week. Ick! There’s ...
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Military Museum  (Aug 10 '06)
"I’m conflicted by my knowledge of the heroic aspects of war and my knowledge of the horrible aspects of war."
08/10/06 We just left the Military Museum at the old arsenal. When we first arrived we were ...
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Fashion and Hermesvilla  (Aug 15 '06)
"I absolutely loved the atmosphere of Hermesvilla."
08/15/06 Today we went to the palace that Franz Joseph constructed in an attempt to keep Sissy near Vienna. I absolutely loved the atmosphere of ...
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Schönbrunn Palace  (Aug 14 '06)
"Anyone that can afford that kind of grandeur must have commanded a great deal of power. It was fascinating."
08/14/06 Today we spent the day at Schönbrunn Palace. I felt that this palace was much ...
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Folk Museum, Ethnicity Lecture, and Belvedere  (Aug 09 '06)
"Today after our normal lecture we went to the Folk Museum in Vienna. They had a collection of cultural artifacts from the countryside of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, including things like clothing, architecture, furniture, and artwork."
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Sisi´s Stars  (Sep 14 '06)
"Her life story was actually quite tragic..."
Visited the Hofburg Palace this morning, which was the home of the Hapsburgs of Austria. Saw their giantic silverware collection, as well as the museum for ...
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Freud, Medicine, and Opera  (Aug 16 '06)
"Trying to piece together what was going on was an international adventure."
08/16/06 Today we had a lecture on Freud and went to the Freud museum. An ironic an interesting connection to the Freud ...
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“Come to some conclusions and relate it to the Core Question: What are the responsibilities of the educated citizen.”  (Aug 22 '06)
"there isn’t really a line between “the past” and “the present.” It is a continuum of history, culture, politics, etc."
08/22/06 “Come to some conclusions and relate it to the Core Question: What are the ...
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Editing History  (Jun 28 '06)
"Where Vienna was once the intellectual center of the Western world, it’s now more of a museum."
Today I had some great shopping successes. I’m realizing that my time here is coming quickly to an end and ...
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