This oft-forgotten performance venue looks suitably grand from the outside but the interior doesn’t impress as much – come for the performance versus a palatial theatre experience. Anything from classical concerts to flamenco performances are held within its walls.
Das Odeon
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Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna
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1. Monument to the Victims of Fascism
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Situated on the Danube Canal between Salztorbrücke and Marienbrücke, Morzinplatz is dominated by the Monument to the Victims of Fascism.
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