Tuesday 20 July 2010

In the Last Evening Light


The Emperor's Palm House
in the last evening light

The Secession style Jugendstil
conservatory was built 1902-06
by architect Friedrich Ohmann
to round off Emperor Franz Joseph's
private gardens,
the so-called Burggarten.

As Time Goes By
Blue window
and sheer curtains
Josefstadt

Durchhaus
Passage Way
"Irgendwo im Achten"
Somewhere in the 8th.
Or was it in the 7th District?


Photographed
Monday Evening
19 July 2010
© 2010 by Merisi

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Would you like to see
and read more about Vienna?
Head over to
World Class Flâneur Gavin Plumley's blog

Entartete Music -
He writes from Vienna
these days and thankfully
shares his view of the city
and knowledge about music,
among others,
with all of us.
Enjoy!

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Flâneur
According to Charles Baudelaire
"a person who walks the city in order to experience it"


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20 comments:

  1. My favorite light! I particularly like the arched passage way.

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  2. Fantastic pictures! I think the perspectives you have captured in the bottom one are astonishing!

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  3. I love the reflections in the first picture. Your photos are always beautiful.

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  4. All beautiful -- but my eye is always captured by a progression of arches.

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  5. Simona,
    I discovered that passage way only yesterday!

    Wandering Star,
    I surprised myself. *giggles*

    Loree,
    the building in the reflection is part of the Hofburg complex - the Imperial Winter Palace - and houses the National Library.

    Vicki Lane,
    these passage ways are fascinating, indeed!

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  6. Lovely shapes and soft colors.

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  7. POSTCARDS you need to make these into postcards, everyone needs to view these captures and so many more that you post~

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  8. Beautiful shapes (loved your use of the word "round"). I think I would follow those stairs anywhere.

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  9. Wonderful perspective. I love the blue window frame and the blue print curtains. Lovely work as always.

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  10. Just beautiful. I really enjoy your pictures an personal view of your city. Thanks again!

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  11. I often leave your posts thinking "Merisi really should do a book of all these awesome images." I felt that way once again today...

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  12. Amazing architecture on the first picture

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  13. Great photos, love the one of the window, and the light on the palm house. Never been to Vienna in any way other than in my head, but you make me want to amble over. Now.

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  14. Wow! I especially like the stairs/archways!

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  15. The Durch House is very interesting. It reminds me on one of my dreams. And I love the window in blues and greys (mainly) - interesting design wise:)

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  16. This is so lovely...I love this photos..
    custom wood furniture

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  17. Gavin,
    I enjoyed it immensely!
    I hope there will be more on future visits.

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  18. Btw,
    I did some research about the architect of that blue framed window. I have to do some further digging, but I have a suspicion he also built the one with that interesting wreath about the door.

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  19. Wow.. that top one makes me think of a roller coaster about to descend.

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