Albertina
Albertinapl. 1, 1010 Vienna
Duke Albert of Saxe-Teschen started collecting drawings in 1776 the way some people start collecting stamps — obsessively, expensively, and with impeccable taste.
Belvedere Palace
27 Prinz-Eugen-Straße, Landstraße, Vienna, 1030, Austria
Prince Eugene of Savoy was one of Europe's greatest military commanders, and he spent his war spoils on one of Europe's greatest palaces.
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Maria-Theresien-Platz, Innere Stadt, Vienna, 1010, Austria
The Habsburgs spent centuries hoarding art the way other families collect holiday photos, and in 1891 Emperor Franz Joseph finally gave their collection a proper home.
MuseumsQuartier
1 Museums-Platz, Neubau, Vienna, 1070, Austria
In 1713, Emperor Charles VI needed somewhere to park 600 horses and 200 carriages, so he commissioned Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach to build the most magnificent stables in Europe.
Narrenturm
2 Spitalgasse, Alsergrund, Vienna, 1090, Austria
Emperor Joseph II built Europe's first dedicated psychiatric institution in 1784, and it looked exactly like what you'd expect from a man who believed mental illness could be cured with architecture: a perfectly circular five-storey tower with cells arranged around a central courtyard, designed so patients could exercise in a controlled circle and never find a corner to hide in.
Sigmund Freud Museum
Berggasse 19, 1090 Vienna
Sigmund Freud lived and worked at Berggasse 19 for forty-seven years — from 1891 until 1938, when the Nazis forced him to flee to London.
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