Vienna - The Ring

(Local Name: Ringstrasse) The handsome Ringstrasse is a thoroughfare encircling the city center of Vienna. Going in a clockwise direction, it consists of the following sections: Stubenring, Parkring, Schubertring, Kärnterring, Opernring, Burgring, Dr-Karl-Renner-Ring, Dr-Karl-Lueger-Ring and Schottenring. The circle of the Ringstrasse is completed by the Fanz-Josef-Kai (quay) along the Danube Canal. The razing of the fortifications during Emperor Franz Joseph's reign made possible the laying out between 1858 and 1865 of a tree lined ceremonial way. Many large buildings were erected here in the second half of the 19th C., in the grandiose style that became known as the "Ringstrasse style". The Ringstrasse is 4km/2