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Christmas Eve’s service in Vienna

by | Dec 1, 2011 | Central Cemetery, events, Vienna

An excellent opportunity to enjoy the impressive architecture and design of the art nouveau church with its dome adorned by 999 stars. At 3:00 p.m. you are invited to listen to Christmas carols, played on zithers. The mass itself starts at 4:00 p.m. “Silent night,...

Carl Ritter von Ghega

by | Nov 4, 2011 | famous people, Friedhöfe Wien, stories, Vienna

(from Wikipedia) Carl Ritter von Ghega or Karl von Ghega (10 January 1802 – 14 March 1860) was the designer of the Semmering Railway from Gloggnitz to Mürzzuschlag. Born in Venice as Carlo Ghega in an Albanian family, he studied in Padua, where he took the examination...