Vienna's Ringstrasse. Franz Joseph I, emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, began creating the Ringstrasse in the 1850s, and work continued for four decades. The Ringstrasse is a road that forms ...

Vienna’s famous Ringstrasse (Ring Road) is celebrating its 150th birth anniversary this year. Sunshine was of paramount importance—if not a prerequisite. At least that’s what we thought.

Vienna This was published 7 years ago Vienna's Ringstrasse: Palaces, museums, apartment blocks and parks Brian Johnston June 29, 2018 — 9.00am Normal text size Larger text size Very large text size ...

The Ringstrasse was inaugurated on May 1,1865 by Emperor Franz Joseph I, where once the city walls protected Vienna's imperial centre from enemies. The goal was to create the largest urban ...

Vienna's Golden Ringstrasse A great landmark of human freedom and urban design By Daniel Akst Oct. 24, 2009 12:01 am ET ...

Vienna (Wien) is a jewellery box of treasures, the result of its history as the centre of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and seat of Europe's most powerful ruling dynasty, the Habsburgs.

Vienna is a major tourist destination. 7.5 million people visited the Austrian capital in 2018. Vienna's Ringstrasse, or ring road, is famous for the architectural beauty of the buildings that ...

Next year, Vienna will be celebrating the 150th anniversary of its Ringstrasse, the three-mile long path that circles the city center along the same 200 foot wide path that the city's fortress walls ...

Amere 150 years ago, on 1 May 1865, the youthful Austrian Emperor, Franz Joseph I, officially opened Vienna's Ringstrasse, the broad, tree-lined boulevard that encircles the medieval core of the city.