File:Austrian Parliament (34711315305).jpg
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[edit]DescriptionAustrian Parliament (34711315305).jpg |
Mayday ( 1st May ) was a good day to visit Vienna as there were loads of things going on marches, free concerts, food stalls, fireworks in the evening at the Prater .. Anyway my day started off well as i left my accommodation ( wombats hostel on Mariahilfer strasse - which was great ) A brass marching band was passing so i decided to tag along with them and they marched to Vienna city hall past numerous vienna landmarks so i got a free tour-if you like. These are a few of the images along the route. Austrian parliament building Construction work began in 1874 and was completed in full by 1884. Hansen deliberately chose a Greek style for the building, to reflect the idea of law and freedom and other relevant concepts popularized and/or developed by the Hellenic culture. In common with many other historic sights, WWII took a severe toll on the building. It was half demolished by Allied aerial bombing, but the rebuilding work at least gave the state the opportunity to modernize the insides. Classic motifs appear throughout the building. For example, the two large ramps at the front are decorated with statues of Thucydides, Polybius, Xenophon and Herodotus (Greek) and Julius Caesar, Tacitus, Titus Livius and Sallust (Roman). The large fountain between the ramps is topped by a white marble statue of Athena, the Greek Goddess of wisdom, war and peace. In her hand she carries Nike, the Goddess of victory. Nike turns up elsewhere in the building too; the horse-drawn chariots that dominate the roof are all driven by her, as symbols of victory. Just under the topmost point of the building is a statue of Emperor Franz Joseph, in whose reign the building was constructed. He’s dressed somewhat unusually in a toga and surrounded by human representations of the countries subject to his rule. The other statues and reliefs dotted about the roof and elsewhere are a mix of historical figures from Rome and Greece, representations of countries and other geographical features under the aegis of the monarchy, and representations of relevant human characteristics and activities. <a href="http://www.visitingvienna.com/sights/parlament/" rel="nofollow">Info edited from this site</a> |
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Source | Austrian Parliament |
Author | Loco Steve from Bromley , UK |
Camera location | 48° 12′ 29.92″ N, 16° 21′ 35.51″ E | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 48.208310; 16.359865 |
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Loco Steve at https://flickr.com/photos/36989019@N08/34711315305. It was reviewed on 2 July 2020 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-sa-2.0. |
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Camera manufacturer | NIKON CORPORATION |
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Camera model | NIKON D3000 |
Exposure time | 1/250 sec (0.004) |
F-number | f/8 |
ISO speed rating | 100 |
Date and time of data generation | 08:48, 1 May 2017 |
Lens focal length | 18 mm |
Orientation | Normal |
Software used | Ver.1.00 |
File change date and time | 08:48, 1 May 2017 |
Y and C positioning | Co-sited |
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Exif version | 2.21 |
Date and time of digitizing | 08:48, 1 May 2017 |
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Image compression mode | 4 |
APEX exposure bias | 0 |
Maximum land aperture | 3.6 APEX (f/3.48) |
Metering mode | Pattern |
Light source | Unknown |
Flash | Flash did not fire, compulsory flash suppression |
DateTime subseconds | 50 |
DateTimeOriginal subseconds | 50 |
DateTimeDigitized subseconds | 50 |
Supported Flashpix version | 1 |
Color space | sRGB |
Sensing method | One-chip color area sensor |
File source | Digital still camera |
Scene type | A directly photographed image |