Vienna’s tram system is in the top ten largest city tram networks in the world, so it comes as no surprise that most upward looking shots contain overhead cables.
And there’s no shortage of fancy spires either. These two white sandstone, Gothic towers bear some resemblance to the tall spire of Stephansdom, but in fact they belong to the Votivkirche (the Votive church).
This church was one of the very first buildings on the Ringstrasse, dedicated in 1879. Unusually, it was built without an intended parish; it was built as a votive offering in thanks for Emperor Franz Joseph’s survival of an assassination attempt in 1853. The Emperor’s brother, Ferdinand Maximilian Joseph (later Emperor of Mexico), decided to build this votive church on the site of the attack, and raised funds by gathering donations from across the Austria-Hungarian Empire.
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Love the spires.
Diana
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Amazing architectural filigree and fascinating background. The wires would drive me bonkers, but there you go!
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When I see architecture such as this, I think it would be great to have a window facing the spires so you could study the details over time. They are truly incredible.
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Overhead cables, how exciting.
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Lots of streetcar wires in Toronto if you are downtown.
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I’ll get there one day!
On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 2:13 PM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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awesome!!! welcome to InSPIREd Sunday … I’m Beth one of the hosts, please join us again soon. have a great weekend. take care. ( :
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Wonderful spires.
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Melbourne was very like this photo with tram wires throughout the city.
I’ve never visited Vienna but it’s on my list ;D
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Interesting skyline =) #mysundayphoto
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What a wonderful photo! I really like it x
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I love trams, and love Vienna. This is a great photo. I love that you’ve espoused the wires and made them a feature, as as you say, it’s pretty hard to get a photo without them in Vienna!
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They are obviously an important part of Vienna. I didn’t realise the photo would work a well as it did or I might have played around with this a bit more.
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Really interesting photo, the way the wires dissect the picture into sections makes a great composition.
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Really interesting photo, this is one of those places I really need to visit
Thank you for linking up
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Looks like a beautiful day and the church spires sure do look interesting against the blue sky.xx
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I loves those spiers , looks like such a lovely place .x
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I absolutely love this shot. For whatever reason I find myself loving building shots too. I like learning about other places too so it’s cool you added a little tidbit to the photo.
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this is brilliant. we enjoyed travelling on the trams when we were in vienna years ago. i love the old spires with the new cables. great shot and lovely sky.
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Interesting spires and an interesting shot. It’s funny how often we forget to look up when we are travelling around.
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Modern living where new meets old.
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Gorgeous shot.
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Oh those spires have wonderful awesome details. I wish the areas are larger so the lines are not obliged to mess up the view, but that is a reality in all cities in the world.
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In this case, it’s the price we pay for an efficient transport system
On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 3:43 AM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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Love these spires.
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Very nice mix of old and new!
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Yes, I hadn’t thought of it that way
On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 10:44 PM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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Wires used to annoy me too, well still do but not as much. Sometimes they make for a better story though.
Worth a Thousand Words
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Many years ago it used to really annoy me that German cities had so many wires. Then I got over myself and just accepted that that was what the city looked like. Thanks for sharing that 🙂
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