Roman Ruin - Schönbrunner Schloßstraße 47

Name: Roman Ruin - Schönbrunner Schloßstraße 47
Address: Schönbrunner Schloßstraße 47, 1130 Wien, Austria, Wien, 1130, Austria

4.7/5 ★ based on 8 reviews

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Address :	Schönbrunner Schloßstraße 47, 1130 Wien, Austria
Phone :	📞 +8
Postal code :	1130
Categories :	Tourist attraction , Historical landmark ,
City :	Wien

Schönbrunner Schloßstraße 47, 1130 Wien, Austria

Best Historical landmark in austria

B	Ben Brown on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Beautiful Roman architecture. Love the faces etched into the structure. Beautiful fountain in center as well. Worth walking by if in the area.
K	Kyrsten Carlson (kykapoo) on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I'm always surprised at what the rich will create for their own amusements. This is a must see if you're visiting the palace complex (which you should). It's very well done and seems so out of place while also fitting in.
P	Philipp Chladek on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Interesting artificial Roman ruin in the park of Schönbrunn Palace. It's a pity that you're not allowed to enter it, but I guess that is owed to preserving it as much as possible. So it is a look, don't touch site.
M	Mirka Mendez on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Very interesting, well preserved Roman ruins right in the garden of the Schunbrunn palace.
B	Bojan Benko on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This place looks so interesting and mythical. You don't expect to see something like this when you walk through the Royal Garden.
A	Alex Lippitt on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A good sight to see as you are making your way down the gardens. We went in winter and they had let the pond overgrow with weds which ruined the view a bit.
L	Ljupcho Vasilevski on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Very interesting. It’s artificial ruin. Rich people would do anything for fun.
S	Stefan Simonovic on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Originally known as the Ruin of Carthage, the Roman Ruin is a set of follies that was designed by the architect Johann Ferdinand Hetzendorf von Hohenberg and erected as an entirely new architectural feature in 1778. Fully integrated into its parkland surroundings, this architectural ensemble should be understood as a picturesque horticultural feature and not simply as a ruin, which due to lack of maintenance it had increasingly grown to resemble prior to its recent restoration. The fashion for picturesque ruins that became widespread with the rise of the Romantic movement soon after the middle of the 18th century symbolized both the decline of once great powers and the preservation of the remains of a heroic past. Erected at the same time not far from the Roman Ruin, the Obelisk Fountain was intended to complete the iconographic program of the park at Schönbrunn as a symbol of stability and permanence. The Roman Ruin consists of a rectangular pool enclosed by a massive arch with lateral walls, evoking the impression of an ancient edifice slowly crumbling into the ground. In the pool in front of the ruin is a seemingly haphazard arrangement of stone fragments supporting a figural group which symbolizes the rivers Vltava and Elbe.