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One year after the black death epidemic in 1713
Emperor Karl VI. vowed to build a church for his name patron
Karl Borromäus who's also the black death saint ("Pestheiliger")
The laying of the foundation stone was in 1716, after an architect competition
which had been won by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach.

Station: Karlsplatz, 1040 Vienna

[note: pics were made with 2 different cameras - thats the reason why they look so different from time to time]

"Alpengarten" is about 4.000m² big and you can find about 200 various flowers there

[note: pics were made with 2 different cameras - thats the reason why they look so different from time to time]

[note: pics were made with 2 different cameras - thats the reason why they look so different from time to time]

The Schneeberg (Snow-Mountain) is 2.076m high and the far east 2.000s of the Alps.

[note: pics were made with 2 different cameras - thats the reason why they look so different from time to time]