Vienna - Annagasse

Annagasse, which turns off right from Kärntnerstrasse in Vienna, is a narrow thoroughfare which is a reminder of what Vienna looked like in the 18th C. The lane existed as early as the 14th C., when it was called "Pippingerstrasse", and there was a chapel already on the site now occupied by the Annakirche. There are some fine old houses here: the 17th C. Esterhazy Palace, (No. 2), Kremsmünsterhof (No. 4), Herzogenburgerhof (No. 6), Hotel Maibergerhof (No. 7), Deybel- or Täublerhof (No. 8) which was a school for artists and engravers before the Academy of Fine Arts der Bildenden was opened, "Zum Blauen Karpfen" hotel, rebuilt by Ehmann in 1814 (No. 14) with noteworthy reliefs by Josef Klieber and the renowned hotel "Zum Römischen Kaiser" (No. 16).