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Volksgarten

Vienna's Volksgarten is an extensive 9-hectare public park combining a rose garden with around 400 varieties of roses with French-style and English landscape gardens, ideal for strolling among geometric flower beds and tree-lined avenues. At the centre of the park stands the Theseustempel, a scale replica of the Greek Temple of Hephaestus, which originally housed a sculpture of Theseus by Antonio Canova. The park contains notable monuments, including one dedicated to Empress Elisabeth of Bavaria, the poet Franz Grillparzer, Chancellor Julius Raab and a bronze sculpture of a young athlete, as well as ornamental fountains such as the Triton- und Nymphenbrunnen and the Volksgarten-Brunnen. Visitors will also find the historic Cortisches Kaffeehaus, once the venue for concerts by Johann Strauss and Josef Lanner and now a nightclub, along with the Milchpavillon and the Café Meierei.

Things to do at Volksgarten: 11 missions

• Visit the Grillparzer MonumentA Lasa marble memorial dedicated to the Austrian playwright Franz Grillparzer, erected in 1889 by Carl Kundmann.
• Explore the TheseustempelA reconstruction of the Temple of Hephaestus in the Athens Agora.
• Reflect at the Memorial for the Victims of Nazi Military JusticeAn X-shaped monument dedicated to Austrian deserters.
• Explore the Empress Elisabeth of Bavaria MonumentExplore the extensive Empress Elisabeth of Bavaria Monument by Friedrich Ohmann.
• See the Volksgarten-BrunnenA fountain erected in 1866 by Anton Dominik Fernkorn.
• Take in the Raab-DenkmalTake in the Raab-Denkmal, created in 1967 by Toni Schneider-Manzell.
• Enjoy Raab-Denkmal: unveiled in 1967, honouring Julius Raab, the Austrian chancellor.Enjoy Raab-Denkmal: unveiled in 1967, honouring Julius Raab, the Austrian chancellor, in Volksgarten in Vienna. Check conditions and availability in the source for this experience.
• Admire the sculpture Jugendlicher AthletA bronze sculpture of a young athlete created by Josef Müllner in 1921.
• Pay tribute at the Sisi memorialIt honours Empress Elisabeth (Sisi) and was unveiled in the presence of Emperor Franz Joseph.
• Admire the Monument to the Poet GrillparzerAdmire the marble sculpture of the poet Grillparzer, erected in 1889 by Carl Kundmann.
• Take in the Triton- und Nymphenbrunnen fountainThis fountain was erected in 1880 by Viktor Tilgner.

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Source: bundesgaerten.at