Vienna City Park

(Local Name: Stadtpark) The two parts of the Vienna City Park are linked by bridges over the Danube. It covers an area of 11.4ha/28 acres. In 1857 Franz Joseph I instigated the creation of a garden where the old fortifications went down to the water's edge, judging the site to be "well suited to embellishment". The landscape gardener Dr Siebeck carried through the plans drawn up by the landscape artist Josef Szelleny. The gardens were opened in 1862, and the Spa Pavilion - where waltz concerts are now held from Easter to the end of October - in 1867. In the part of the park nearest to the city center stand monuments to the painters Hans Canon, Emil Schundler, Hans Makart and Friedrich von Amerling, to the