Imperial Belvedere

... of Klimt (The Kiss), Egon Schiele, Kokoschka, Amerling, and others, mostly from the Vienna Secession movement. In the lower Belvedere, where Prince Eugene once lived, is a baroque museum - cool medieval art. We loved the funny faces and statues. We ...

... of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. His assassination in Sarajevo precipated World War I. On the way to the museum I walked through the Belvedere, actually two palaces - Lower Belvedere and Upper Belvedere - owned by Prince Eugene of Savoy. He helped save Vienna ...

... Klimt prints, including that one. We also explored the University of Vienna-owned botanical gardens and then the Unteres (lower) Belvedere, filled with older, Rennaisance works. Other things I forgot were going up the Donauturm (Danube Tower) in the ...

... split up.  I went to the Belvedere residence and Andrea did...well, I don't know, because I wasn't with her.  The Belvedere was pretty impressive.  The most famous piece they have is 'The Kiss' by Gustav Klimt.  It was a lot bigger than ...

... is just flowing out of my pockets!  I am loaded!  It's good to be able to use the plastic again. After Belvedere, I take the metro back to the city center and walk through the imperial palace, admiring the gardens and buildings.  Then I ...