Huge monument with the Empress towering over four sets of statues, each representing a facet of her rule. On the square between the Art History and Natural History Museums
Among the famous people found on the monument: Mozart & Haydn
BACKGROUND
The monument
The late 19th century was a time of great construction works in Vienna, using the space freed up by the removal of the city fortifications. One of the centrepieces of those works was the area housing the “Kunsthistorisches” and “Naturhistorisches” museums, who face each other across a square now known as Maria-Theresien-Platz. A huge monument dominates the centre of this square.
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