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Drawings and water colours for the competition in 1868 
for a new Vienna city hall.The winning entry by        
Friedrich Schmidt was built 1872-1883.                 
View of the large courtyard.
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Drawings and water colours for the competition in 1868 for a new Vienna city ha...

Drawings and water colours for the competition in 1868 
for a new Vienna city hall.The winning entry by        
Friedrich Schmidt was built 1872-1883.                 
The ceremonial hall.
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Drawings and water colours for the competition in 1868 for a new Vienna city ha...

Vienna City-Hall (Rathaus), 1872-1883.                 
Buildings along the Ringstrasse-boulevard represent    
historism's many facets: a Greek parliament,Renaissance
museums and theatres and this neo-Gothic city-hall     
honouring the freedom of medieval towns.
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Vienna City-Hall (Rathaus), 1872-1883. Buildings along the Ring...

Vienna City-Hall (Rathaus), 1872-1883.                 
Buildings along the Ringstrasse-boulevard represent    
historism's many facets: a Greek parliament,Renaissance
museums and theatres and this neo-Gothic city-hall     
honouring the freedom of medieval towns.
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Vienna City-Hall (Rathaus), 1872-1883. Buildings along the Ring...

Pseudo gothic windows in courtyard
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Pseudo gothic windows in courtyard

Inner courtyard of Vienna's City-Hall, built for       
a growing administration when Vienna's population      
grew from half a million to one million in a few years.
1872-1883
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Inner courtyard of Vienna's City-Hall, built for a growing administration...

Colonnades; Vienna City-Hall, 1872-1883
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Colonnades; Vienna City-Hall, 1872-1883

The "red salon" in Vienna's city hall is the reception 
hall for the lord-mayor. On the far wall portrait      
of Vienna's popular (and populist) mayor Karl Lueger   
(mayor 1897-1910).
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The "red salon" in Vienna's city hall is the reception hall for the lord-mayor....

Council chamber  od the Vienna city hall
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Council chamber od the Vienna city hall

Window pattern , Vienna city hall .
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Window pattern , Vienna city hall .

Ornate ceremonial staircase leading to the main hall,  
used for receptions, lectures and balls. 1872-1883
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Ornate ceremonial staircase leading to the main hall, used for receptions, lec...

Ornate ceremonial staircase leading to the main hall,  
used for receptions, lectures and balls. 1872-1883
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Ornate ceremonial staircase leading to the main hall, used for receptions, lec...