Vienna - Albrechtsrampe
The ramp is now just the remains of the old, once-mighty Augustinian priory, on the site of some former city fortifications in Vienna.
The bastion was destroyed in 1858, and the ramp that remained was severely damaged by bombing in 1945. It was converted into open-air steps in 1952.
The ramp is dominated by an equestrian statue (1899) by Kaspar von Zumbusch of the Field- Marshal Archduke Albrecht (1817-95), the victor of the battle of Custozza (1866).
The bastion was destroyed in 1858, and the ramp that remained was severely damaged by bombing in 1945. It was converted into open-air steps in 1952.
The ramp is dominated by an equestrian statue (1899) by Kaspar von Zumbusch of the Field- Marshal Archduke Albrecht (1817-95), the victor of the battle of Custozza (1866).
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Danubius Fountain
By the "ground floor" of what remains of the Vienna Albrechtsrampe stands the Danubius Fountain (also called the "Albrecht Fountain"). It, too, has survived only in a fragmentary state. The fountain was a gift to the city of Vienna from Franz Joseph I, and when it was unveiled in 1869, the allegorical figures of Danubius and Vindobona in the middle were surrounded by 10 more figures in alcoves. All of white Carrara marble, they personified the Rivers Theiss, Raab, Enns, Traun, Inn, Save, March, Salzach, Mur and Drau. Most of these figures by Johann Meixner have been returned to their alcoves.
