The Golden Roof (Goldenes Dachl) was completed in 1500 to honor then-emperor Maximilian I. Royalty used it to view goings-on in the large square below.
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Stift Melk (Melk Abbey) is a sprawling Benedictine monastery overlooking the Danube. This view is from across a canal that runs parallel to the Danube.
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The large Palm House (Palmenhaus) at Schönbrunn is a gorgeous greenhouse. Completed in 1882, it is the largest of four greenhouses on palace grounds and is still one of the world's largest botanical exhibits.
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The #Schönbrunn palace on the outskirts of Vienna was the seat of power of the Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary. The entrance courtyard is enormous.
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A statue of emperor Franz Josef I stands in the #Burggarten, a public park adjacent to the Hofburg palace complex.
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#KarlMarxHof is a large public housing complex completed in 1930. The land on which is is built used to be part of the Danube, but was drained many years prior. It was designed for 5,000 residents.
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