{"id":2801,"date":"2013-05-30T10:00:59","date_gmt":"2013-05-30T16:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drfumblefinger.com\/wrdprs\/?p=2801"},"modified":"2014-08-16T00:02:16","modified_gmt":"2014-08-16T06:02:16","slug":"pic-of-the-week-may-31-2013-schonbrunn-palace-vienna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/drfumblefinger.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/pic-of-the-week-may-31-2013-schonbrunn-palace-vienna\/","title":{"rendered":"“Pic of the Week”. May 31, 2013. Sch\u00f6nbrunn Palace, Vienna"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of Vienna’s many outstanding attractions is Sch\u00f6nbrunn Palace, the one-time\u00a0summer residence of the Hapsburgs, situated\u00a0on the outskirts of the city.\u00a0 The palace and it’s grounds are very popular with tourists, though you’ll not see the great hords and massive waiting lines characteristic of Versailles (which I liked much less than Sch\u00f6nbrunn).<\/p>\n

Palaces like this offer an interesting insight into a royal life I find hard to envision.\u00a0 The palace has over 1400 rooms, dozens of scultures, landscaped lawns and gardens, and many beautiful fountains.\u00a0 It would have been staffed by hundreds of servants and housed hundreds of guests and horses as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This photo was taken from near Neptune’s well, looking back over a small part of the gardens\u00a0to the rear of the Palace.\u00a0 If interested, you can read and see\u00a0more about it and other Vienna attractions here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \t

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