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Der Narrenturm: Stück, Materialien, Collagen - pp 109
Das Ensamble für Städtebewohner feiert die Begehung von Franzobels Narrenturm als mildes Hochamt: als redseligen Gottesdienstbeweis für die Klarsicht der Narren, (...)
Near fragment in time
„Then the Prater became the roundezvous of Viennese high society. Then the Freudenau, at the time of the races, was a blaze of fashionable magnificence. On every day was a great stream of carriages along the Hauptallee (the principal avenue of the Prater), in which could be seen the equipages of all arristocratic families, those proud names which made the Viennese Court world-famous for its pride and exclusiveness – the Liechtensteins, the Montenuovos, the Schwartzenbergs, the Metternichs, the Fürstenbergs, the Kinkys, the Harrachs, and hundred other illustrious houses.
At the beginning of the Hauptallee were the coffee gardens and restaurants where the citizens resorted to spend their leisure in social gossip, [...]. Here, under the stately trees whose leaves whispered strange tales of past glories or mournful defeats, the middle-class frequenters gathered to enjoy their beers and cheese, or drink their coffee or and eat little Viennese rolls, in full view of the great avenue [...].“
pp 182-183 from The Secret of an empress by
At the beginning of the Hauptallee were the coffee gardens and restaurants where the citizens resorted to spend their leisure in social gossip, [...]. Here, under the stately trees whose leaves whispered strange tales of past glories or mournful defeats, the middle-class frequenters gathered to enjoy their beers and cheese, or drink their coffee or and eat little Viennese rolls, in full view of the great avenue [...].“
Near fragment in space
Die abendliche Frühlingssonne breitete einen goldenen Teppich über den Mosesbrunnen. Der Franziskanerplatz zeigte sich von seiner schönsten Seite. Der angenehmen Temperaturen wegen hatte das Personal des Kleinen Cafes einige Tische ins Freie gestellt. An einem dieser Tische saß Marc Vanhagen mit seinem Gast. Links ragte ein Teil des Franziskanerklosters in ihr Sichtfeld, dessen Renaissancefassade italienisches Flair nach Wien brachte. An das Kloster schmiegte sich das wahre Prunkstück des Platzes. Die Franziskanerkirche dominierte mit ihrer für einen Sakralbau schmalen, bläulich grauen Fassade das herrliche Ambiente.
pp 499 from Canard Saigon by