Photos and the City

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  • Ephesus Museum and Vienna from above

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    When the Igersvienna and Igersaustria invited me to a tour of the Ephesus Museum I was most tempted to join because we would go on the roof of the NHM (Natural History Museum) afterwards and that´s something I´ve been wanting to do for a very, very long time!

    But Mr Georg Plattner, the director of the antique collection and the Ephesos museum made it so interesting that we didn´t want to leave again and explore even more.

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    Ephesos, located in present-day Turkey, was one of the most important cities of antiquity. It was here that the Artemis Temple, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, stood; the city was also the home of Heraclitus, as well as of one of the largest early-Christian communities. Roman times saw Ephesos became capital of the Province of Asia, with around 200,000 inhabitants.

    Since 1895, Austrian archaeologists have been excavating the ruins of Ephesos. Up to the year 1906, numerous recovered objects of high quality were removed to Vienna, objects which can be seen today at the Ephesos Museum, an annex to the Collection of Greek and Roman Antiquities. (KHM)

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    It´s just a short walk across the Heldenplatz and Maria Theresia Platz to reach our second destination, the Natural History Museum. And again we were shown some of the highlights of the museum, the oldest collections dating back more than 250 years, founded by Franz I Stephan of Lorraine, Maria Theresa’s husband.

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    One of the most famous pieces is probably this little lady, the Venus von Willendorf. The figurine is about 29.000 years old and was found in 1908 near Willendorf.

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    After a quick hello to the dinosaurs, it was time to get on the roof!  View of Heldenplatz and Hofburg Palace.

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    Christmas Market at Maria Theresia Platz and the MQ in the back

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    Votivkirche, Theseustempel, Burgtheater

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    City Hall and the Parliament

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    St. Stephens in the back

     

     

  • Auchindrain – Achadh an Droighinn

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    Auchindrain lies near Inverary in the Scottish Argyll and Bute – it´s only crofting township that has survived substantially unaltered and serves as a museum today. There used to be hundreds of these settlements in the Scottish Highlands before the Highland Clearances of the late 18th and 19th centuries.

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    The first documentation of Auchindrain dates from the early 16th hundred when it already seemed an established township, like thousands of others spread across Scotland. In 1776 the Duke of Argyll reacquired the township, an early enthusiast of agricultural improvements.

    A plan was made in 1789, by the surveyor George Langlands, for the township to be rebuilt and reorganised into crofts as many of the other townships in were. In Auchindrain this was never implemented, possibly because the investment required would not have justified the financial return. (Wikipedia)

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    Queen Victoria visited the “primitive villages” of Auchindrain and Achnagoul in 1875 when she stayed at Inverary Castle.

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    The last inhabitants of Auchindrain moved out in the mid-1960s and shortly after The Auchindrain Trust built a visitor centre and opened the open air museum.

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    Township:

    Traditional Scottish townships were based around low-quality hillside and mountain grazing land known as ‘outruns’. Near the houses was an infield, where crops like barley, oats, beans and peas were grown. The infield was divided into thin strips called rigs. One-third of the rigs were rotated between the tenants annually through the drawing of lots, which in theory allowed everyone an equal opportunity to farm productive land. (Britainexpress.com)

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    Visiting Audrichain is like stepping back in time. The museum is open daily from April to October and on most days during the winter season. Find more information on their website!

  • My Monet Moment – Albertina

    A few days ago I had the opportunity to visit the current Monet Exhibition in the Viennese Albertina after hours – an empty museum, 150 artworks and a few Instagrammers.

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    This exhibition focus on colours and Monets treatment of colour.

    Monet’s light and colors change on the canvas in accordance with nature’s constant transformation, as well as the diversity of atmospheric impressions that the painter gleaned from his motifs—and it was his urge to capture this diversity that moved him to paint many such motifs in series.

    (Albertina)

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    In a chronological order, you´ll be able to follow Monet’s life, family and travels – from Paris to Argenteuil, Vétheuil, Trouville, the Netherlands, Italy, London and many more.

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    Monet´s studio boat, an atelier on the Seine and Camille, his first wife and model.

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    Thank you, Albertina and Igersaustria.at for the invitation! Claude Monet. A Floating World. will be shown at the Albertina until January 6th 2019.