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Maria Theresa Monument

Maria Theresa Monument

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Maria Theresa Monument

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Location: Vienna Woods, Lower Austria, Austria

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1. Heroes' Square – Hofburg Palace loop from Volkstheater

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2. Hofburg, Vienna and the Sisi Museum – Heroes' Square loop from Westbahnhof

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3. Hofburg, Vienna and the Sisi Museum – Heroes' Square loop from Neubaugasse

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Doradel🌅🚲🚲🚲🎶

September 18, 2019

An impressive monument to the great lady of Austrian history between two identically built stately buildings now housing museums.

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Intertrain

December 14, 2022

The Myth of the “Mother of the Country”

2017 marks the 300th anniversary of Maria Theresa's birth. She was never elected Empress or even crowned - and yet everyone knows her as Empress Maria Theresia. She was the "country mother" who guaranteed the cohesion of the peoples, and a myth that still has an impact today. Her strong personality serves as a projection surface for different images of women, because she was both a self-sacrificing mother and a good wife, as well as a devout Catholic and the most powerful ruler of the Habsburg Empire.

Source: onb.ac.at/museen/prunksaal/sonderausstellungen/maria-theresia-habsburgs-maechtigste-frau

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JR56

October 20, 2019

The Maria Theresa Monument is a huge monument in the middle of
Maria Theresa Square. Probably the most important monument of the Habsburgs
was built under the direction of Kaspar von Zumbusch over a 13-year construction period.
It was ceremoniously unveiled in 1888 in the presence of Empress Sissi.
The monument, which is over 19 meters high and weighs around 44 tons, represents Empress Maria Theresa (she ruled from 1740 to 1780, she reformed the school system, for example, and took care of state affairs as well as her 16 children) in the form of a larger-than-life, 6-meter-high figure. With her right hand she greets her people, in her left hand the Empress holds a roll of documents from the Pragmatic Sanction and the scepter. Around her are four equestrian statues of her generals.
The monument is a world cultural heritage site.
city-walks.info/Wien/Maria-Theresien-Platz.html

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1. Heroes' Square – Hofburg Palace loop from Volkstheater

2. Hofburg, Vienna and the Sisi Museum – Heroes' Square loop from Westbahnhof

3. Hofburg, Vienna and the Sisi Museum – Heroes' Square loop from Neubaugasse

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